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How far back in time can you understand English?

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How far back in time can you understand English?

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An experiment in language change

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

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Same, 1400s are difficult, but 1500s is at least understandable.

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