Chrome@lemmy.world to Neat - For neat stuff you found@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-21 month agoHow far back in time can you understand English?www.deadlanguagesociety.comexternal-linkmessage-square36linkfedilinkarrow-up1149arrow-down11file-textcross-posted to: mildlyinteresting@lemmy.worldnowhereelsetoshare@sh.itjust.workshistory@mander.xyzhistory@lemmy.ml
arrow-up1148arrow-down1external-linkHow far back in time can you understand English?www.deadlanguagesociety.comChrome@lemmy.world to Neat - For neat stuff you found@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-21 month agomessage-square36linkfedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: mildlyinteresting@lemmy.worldnowhereelsetoshare@sh.itjust.workshistory@mander.xyzhistory@lemmy.ml
minus-squareSubArcticTundra@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·1 month agoI still think that 1800s Charles Dickens English was the high point of the language and the version we should aspire to
minus-squareLordMayor@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 month agoFrom the article: They’re both performances of a sort: the 2000s protagonist is performing for his blog’s audience, so the tone is chatty and personal. The 1800s protagonist, with the mind of a Georgian diarist, is performing for posterity, so he philosophizes. I thought that was interesting.
I still think that 1800s Charles Dickens English was the high point of the language and the version we should aspire to
From the article:
I thought that was interesting.