Kookie215@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · edit-227 days agoIf I snapped you back in time 650 years right this very second, how would you use your current knowledge to succeed?message-squaremessage-square274linkfedilinkarrow-up1246arrow-down19file-text
arrow-up1237arrow-down1message-squareIf I snapped you back in time 650 years right this very second, how would you use your current knowledge to succeed?Kookie215@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · edit-227 days agomessage-square274linkfedilinkfile-text
Its the 14th century and you’ve had no time to prepare, after you’re done reading this post you are snapped. What do you do?
minus-squarepartial_accumen@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up9·edit-227 days ago “Hey ladies… Ever been with a guy who can read?” Not so fast. Assuming you’re referring to English, the year 1375 would probably put you in the Middle English period. You might not be able to read completely either. Here’s a sample:
minus-squareguy@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·27 days agoThe weirder words was easier to read in Swedish
minus-square🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 🇮 @pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-227 days agoI mean, I’ve taken English Lit and courses on just Shakespeare so I can indeed read that. Now if I was back when Beowulf was written…
minus-squareSoggy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·25 days agoOld English is significantly harder than Middle English, yeah.
Not so fast. Assuming you’re referring to English, the year 1375 would probably put you in the Middle English period. You might not be able to read completely either.
Here’s a sample:
The weirder words was easier to read in Swedish
I mean, I’ve taken English Lit and courses on just Shakespeare so I can indeed read that. Now if I was back when Beowulf was written…
Old English is significantly harder than Middle English, yeah.