Quilotoa@lemmy.ca to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.world · 27 days agoHow far back in time can you understand English? This site goes back by centuries allowing you to test yourself.www.deadlanguagesociety.comexternal-linkmessage-square49linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkHow far back in time can you understand English? This site goes back by centuries allowing you to test yourself.www.deadlanguagesociety.comQuilotoa@lemmy.ca to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.world · 27 days agomessage-square49linkfedilink
minus-square_haha_oh_wow_@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·27 days agoI did better than I thought I would but by 1300 it was starting to get confusing.
minus-squaredustyData@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·27 days agoAnd that’s just the reading part. Phonetic changes will make the spoken word unintelligible a bit ways before that.
minus-square_haha_oh_wow_@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·27 days agoGood thing I’m not a time traveler.
I did better than I thought I would but by 1300 it was starting to get confusing.
And that’s just the reading part. Phonetic changes will make the spoken word unintelligible a bit ways before that.
Good thing I’m not a time traveler.