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How far back in time can you understand English? This site goes back by centuries allowing you to test yourself. (www.deadlanguagesociety.com)
submitted 8 months ago by to c/mildlyinteresting@lemmy.world
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[–] 16 points 8 months ago (3 children)

I did better than I thought I would but by 1300 it was starting to get confusing.

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  • [–] 15 points 8 months ago (2 children)

    And that's just the reading part. Phonetic changes will make the spoken word unintelligible a bit ways before that.

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