Kookie215@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · edit-28 个月前If I snapped you back in time 650 years right this very second, how would you use your current knowledge to succeed?message-squaremessage-square287fedilinkarrow-up1256arrow-down110file-text
arrow-up1246arrow-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-28 个月前message-square287fedilinkfile-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-square🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 🇮 @pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·8 个月前“Hey ladies… Ever been with a guy who can read?”
minus-squarepartial_accumen@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up9·edit-28 个月前 “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-up4·8 个月前The weirder words was easier to read in Swedish
minus-square🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 🇮 @pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-28 个月前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…
minus-squareSoggy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 个月前Old English is significantly harder than Middle English, yeah.
“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:
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.