submitted 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) by to c/neat@lemmy.world
 

Very entertaining. I’m totally lost around 1400. I don’t even recognize 1200 as English lol.

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[–] 1 point 7 months ago

The article explains the language throughout the ages, at the end, and the derivatives, Latin and French drop off, at about that time, and you see the language with its original core, Germanic, at that time, (I have probably butchered that in retelling, I couldn't be bothered going in to get the actual text)

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