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How far back in time can you understand English? (www.deadlanguagesociety.com)
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Very entertaining. I’m totally lost around 1400. I don’t even recognize 1200 as English lol.

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[-] BenVimes@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 months ago

I was able to read every sentence in the 1300 section with difficultly, occasionally getting stumped by individual words.

I could figure out the basic events of the 1200 section, but missed some specific details - I didn't realize that the person who saves the blogger is a woman, for example.

1100 was beyond me, or at least beyond the effort I was willing to put into it.

[-] dream_weasel@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 months ago

The change was more stark for me. I would say I'm over 85% comprehension in 1200 and in 1100 it dropped precipitously to like 10 percent or less. It was a crazy steep drop.

[-] Alcoholicorn@mander.xyz 1 points 2 months ago

What happens in 1200, after the furry decks the writer?

[-] dream_weasel@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 months ago

The bottom of the article translates the whole thing for us.

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