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[–] [email protected] 42 points 4 weeks ago (3 children)

I'm not a linguist, but isn't that Early Modern English, not Old English?

[–] [email protected] 39 points 4 weeks ago

i suspect this funny tic toc may not be historically accurate

[–] [email protected] 23 points 4 weeks ago

It's not even early modern English. Shakespeare is Early Modern English, and takes more effort to understand than this does. This just uses words and phrases that have been unfashionable for one or two hundred years, and were generally posher than most people used even when they were in vogue.

[–] clay_pidgin 10 points 4 weeks ago

Where's the guy who speaks in thorns when you need him.

[–] CaptDust 35 points 4 weeks ago

"Station of play, fifth of its variant" is poetry

[–] [email protected] 9 points 4 weeks ago

I need parts one and two.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

This ain't Old English, it's just fancier modern English. Nys þæt swa, ac ic cweðe on ðære Engliscan tungan.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 weeks ago

Incredible.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 weeks ago

Just use Robert's rules of order when you have an argument that makes everyone happier

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 weeks ago

My goofy ass throws words like those into my vocab on accident 😅