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from the early 18th century

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[–] [email protected] 48 points 1 year ago (2 children)

At least this idiot had the excuse of historical linguistics being so underdeveloped; it's understandable he'd think language was immutable... but he's still a total idiot who apparently thought God spoke English in the Bible instead of Latin and Hebrew.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago

God spoke Aramaic to Paul and wrote in Hebrew to Moses. I don't think he thought of God speaking English in the Bible, rather than English was invented by God and man "ought not corrupt God's language."

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

These are people who insist that the KJV, perhaps history's absolute worst translation of scripture ever, as the single solitary legitimate version of the Bible.

[–] [email protected] 29 points 1 year ago

Conservatives are so dramatic, Jesus

[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I wonder if there were 18th century shitposters who turned this into copypasta but subbed in "s" and "ſ" in place of "you" and "thou"

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Ye olde shitte transcribers

[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I wish whatever jackaſs that decided that the long ſ needed a ſtupid nub at exactly the ſame poſition as the croſsbar of the letter f in Roman typefaces a very unpleaſant afterlife. As if OCRing hiſtorical documents didn't have enough problems already.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Alt text:

Again, the corrupt and unsound Form of speaking in the Plural Number to a single person, YOU to One, instead of THOU, contrary to the pure, plain, and single Language of TRUTH, THOU to One, and YOU to more than One, which had always been used by GOD to Men, and Men to GOD, as well as one to another, from the oldest Record of Time, till corrupt Men, for corrupt Ends, in later and corrupt Times, to flatter fawn, and work upon the corrupt Nature of Men, brought in that false and senseless Way of speaking YOU to One; which hath since corrupted the modern Languages, and hath greatly debased the Spirits, and depraved the Manners of Men. This evil Custom

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

HE'LL YEAH BORTHER!!!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

needs the ſ in alt text to be correct

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 year ago

I imagine romans had a lot of bitching about pronouns back in the day. Mostly because bitching about pronouns is an important part of learning Latin over a thousand years later. Like seriously use whatever pronouns you want, but there’s such a thing as too many and that fucking language has too many

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago

Wow, he foundf ferioif

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago (3 children)

fenflefs. Why use the weird s (f) when they have the normal s

[–] [email protected] 28 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's called the long s (ſ; ſenſeleſs). It's actually pretty interesting, but unfortunately I don't have much time to explain right now, so in short, it exists because language.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago
[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 year ago

English has never not been jank af

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

they also say fpeaking and spirits, so maybe they were pronounced different

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago (1 children)

No, they were pronounced exactly the same, but everyone who could write was a nerd

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

But it's still fun to read it as if he had a fat lip.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

The f-like letter is the form they used inside of a word, and it's actually called long s: ſ. Short s was used at the end of a word and after a long s.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago

Pure, plain, and single language of T R U T H

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago

Thou art a grammar Prussian, good sir.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What is the source for this? I feel strong tshirt potential

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

I guess isekais weren't the first to make those stupid long titles...

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Wow that's wild. I thought for sure that it was fake.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Neat, I did not know that. I was just trying to make a funny since it looked like it said "oof-ed by GOD". Thanks for sharing!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

I have a shorter version. LMAO

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

That a halluva moufull.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Something about the typeface made me read this with a lisp