Kookie215@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · edit-21 day agoIf I snapped you back in time 650 years right this very second, how would you use your current knowledge to succeed?message-squaremessage-square235linkfedilinkarrow-up1218arrow-down110file-text
arrow-up1208arrow-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-21 day agomessage-square235linkfedilinkfile-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-squareOnomatopoeia@lemmy.cafelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·12 hours agoWell, first I’d have to learn Old English, I think. Hell, even Middle English isn’t understandable. Hopefully I could get up to speed before they locked me up, or worse.
minus-squareSoggy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·43 minutes agoMiddle English is understandable. It’s tricky and there are lots of unexpected differences but you’d get used to it. This is right at the edge of Early Modern English and the Great Vowel Shift.
Well, first I’d have to learn Old English, I think. Hell, even Middle English isn’t understandable.
Hopefully I could get up to speed before they locked me up, or worse.
Middle English is understandable. It’s tricky and there are lots of unexpected differences but you’d get used to it. This is right at the edge of Early Modern English and the Great Vowel Shift.