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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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[–] 4 points 8 months ago (1 child)

Dear lord I did poorly lol. And I use to read some middle English books for school!

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  • [–] 3 points 8 months ago

    I got back to 1300 alright, but not 1200. But I had a bit of an odd upbringing - our houshold library for some reason had lots of British fiction from the 1700s/1800s and so I got a jump in obscure vocabulary. heh

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