Quilotoa@lemmy.ca to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.world · 5 months agoHow far back in time can you understand English? This site goes back by centuries allowing you to test yourself.www.deadlanguagesociety.comexternal-linkmessage-square52linkfedilinkarrow-up1334arrow-down14cross-posted to: neat@lemmy.worldhackernews@lemmy.bestiver.se
arrow-up1330arrow-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 · 5 months agomessage-square52linkfedilinkcross-posted to: neat@lemmy.worldhackernews@lemmy.bestiver.se
minus-square_haha_oh_wow_@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·5 months agoI did better than I thought I would but by 1300 it was starting to get confusing.
minus-squaredustyData@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·5 months 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-up11·5 months 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.