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[-] Rusty@lemmy.ca 43 points 3 months ago

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

[-] nicknonya 40 points 3 months ago

i suspect this funny tic toc may not be historically accurate

[-] AnyOldName3@lemmy.world 23 points 3 months 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.

[-] sunbather@beehaw.org 15 points 3 months ago

this is pretty much just regular modern english with some chronolectal terms and jocular genitive constructions thrown in

"this station of play, fifth of its variant" is pretty funny though

[-] clay_pidgin@sh.itjust.works 11 points 3 months ago

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

[-] CaptDust@sh.itjust.works 35 points 3 months ago

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

[-] zloubida@lemmy.world 9 points 3 months ago

I need parts one and two.

[-] Taalnazi@lemmy.world 7 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

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

[-] Valmond@lemmy.world 6 points 3 months ago

Incredible.

[-] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago

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

[-] TotallynotJessica@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago

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

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