☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.ml to History@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 months agoHow far back in time can you understand English?www.deadlanguagesociety.comexternal-linkmessage-square14linkfedilinkarrow-up152arrow-down10
arrow-up152arrow-down1external-linkHow far back in time can you understand English?www.deadlanguagesociety.com☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.ml to History@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square14linkfedilink
minus-squareChrome@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·2 months agoNeat! I had trouble around 1500 lol. 1400 is definitely fked. 1200 looks like German.
minus-squarebrvslvrnst@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up6·2 months agoI think that’s what helped me lol took a bit of German to where I had a vauge sense of what was going on
minus-square☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.mlOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·2 months agoyeah, 1200 where it just becomes unreadable
minus-squareWereHacker@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 months agoMy native language is difficult to read from around 1800 and back and the spoken language is difficult to understand in the cities before 1900 and in the countryside before 1950
minus-squareMaeve@kbin.earthlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoI got a little lost in 1400 and progressed to completely lost by 1100.
Neat! I had trouble around 1500 lol. 1400 is definitely fked. 1200 looks like German.
I think that’s what helped me lol took a bit of German to where I had a vauge sense of what was going on
yeah, 1200 where it just becomes unreadable
My native language is difficult to read from around 1800 and back and the spoken language is difficult to understand in the cities before 1900 and in the countryside before 1950
I got a little lost in 1400 and progressed to completely lost by 1100.