Kookie215@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · edit-26 months agoIf I snapped you back in time 650 years right this very second, how would you use your current knowledge to succeed?message-squaremessage-square213fedilinkarrow-up1119arrow-down16file-text
arrow-up1113arrow-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-26 months agomessage-square213fedilinkfile-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-squarepartial_accumen@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·edit-26 months ago “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-square🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 🇮 @pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-26 months agoI 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-squareguy@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·6 months agoThe weirder words was easier to read in Swedish
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:
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…
The weirder words was easier to read in Swedish