☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.ml to History@lemmy.mlEnglish · 8 days agoHow far back in time can you understand English?www.deadlanguagesociety.comexternal-linkmessage-square14fedilinkarrow-up147cross-posted to: nowhereelsetoshare@sh.itjust.workshackernews@lemmy.bestiver.se
arrow-up147external-linkHow far back in time can you understand English?www.deadlanguagesociety.com☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.ml to History@lemmy.mlEnglish · 8 days agomessage-square14fedilinkcross-posted to: nowhereelsetoshare@sh.itjust.workshackernews@lemmy.bestiver.se
minus-squaretaiyang@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·8 days agoI’m slightly annoyed I was able to go way too far back thanks to that one Lemmy guy who keeps pushing the thorn. I’m glad nobody is trying to replace one of my uses of s, though. I don’t like the look of that cocky looking l.
minus-squareCanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-28 days agoThe explanation bit afterwards doesn’t really specify if long s was said differently, or if it was just convention. In the latter case, good riddance (although I agree with that guy that thorn is a loss).
I’m slightly annoyed I was able to go way too far back thanks to that one Lemmy guy who keeps pushing the thorn.
I’m glad nobody is trying to replace one of my uses of s, though. I don’t like the look of that cocky looking l.
The explanation bit afterwards doesn’t really specify if long s was said differently, or if it was just convention. In the latter case, good riddance (although I agree with that guy that thorn is a loss).