How far back in time could you go and still understand English?

[Theowl32]

Always sort of wondered this.

 

[Hossfly]

Always sort of wondered this.

Not even one day. Hell, I can't understand anything the Limeys say. Especially if they're Aussies.

 

[miketx]

Not far. I saw a movie once (fake of course) about this group that went back to the 1500's. They were captured by a group of English and questioned by some troops They asked one of them if they spoke French or something like that and he said yes. They asked him he was French and he said yes. Next thing you know he got an arrow in the throat.

 

[rightwinger]

Always sort of wondered this.

Not even one day. Hell, I can't understand anything the Limeys say. Especially if they're Aussies.

They don't speak authentic English

 

[Pogo]

Always sort of wondered this.

It's a fascinating journey to trace back.

I believe pettifog is still with us though. And I dig 'crapulous'. We should revive that.

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The location in my name thingy to the left uses a form of an archaic English term "agrestic" meaning "rural" -- ergo "Carolinia Agresticia" = "rural Carolina". The "forest primeval" is of course stolen from the first line of Longfellow's Evangeline.

 

[Mikeoxenormous]

Not far. I saw a movie once (fake of course) about this group that went back to the 1500's. They were captured by a group of English and questioned by some troops They asked one of them if they spoke French or something like that and he said yes. They asked him he was French and he said yes. Next thing you know he got an arrow in the throat.

They claimed they were Scottish except for the French guy, who was considered a spy. Problem with moves is that they dont capture the way people smelled back then. Personal Hygiene was not common in those days, so everyone smelled like shit, so these people from the future were acting like everyone smelled like roses. I would be gagging anytime and anywhere, because shit was everywhere, and on everyone..

 

[skye]

Always sort of wondered this.

Not even one day. Hell, I can't understand anything the Limeys say. Especially if they're Aussies.

They don't speak authentic English

and may I ask?

what do they speak?

 

[Pogo]

Always sort of wondered this.

Not even one day. Hell, I can't understand anything the Limeys say. Especially if they're Aussies.

They don't speak authentic English

and may I ask?

what do they speak?

How many languages do you have Skye?

 

[Hossfly]

Always sort of wondered this.

Not even one day. Hell, I can't understand anything the Limeys say. Especially if they're Aussies.

They don't speak authentic English

and may I ask?

what do they speak?

No one knows for sure.

 

[skye]

Always sort of wondered this.

Not even one day. Hell, I can't understand anything the Limeys say. Especially if they're Aussies.

They don't speak authentic English

and may I ask?

what do they speak?

How many languages do you have Skye?

I don't have any ....lol

I speak and/or understand a few....like,.... I would not starve in Italy or France or Brazil

I'm fluent in two.

and that's that.

 

[gulfman]

Imagine if todays liberals were sent back to colonial days.
:Where art thou welfare center?
Thou shall taketh thy share of food stamps
Nay,I shall abort fetus and get knockethed back up

 

[Rambunctious]

Last night....yep last night.....

 

[Pogo]

Always sort of wondered this.

Not even one day. Hell, I can't understand anything the Limeys say. Especially if they're Aussies.

They don't speak authentic English

and may I ask?

what do they speak?

No one knows for sure.

Down under, they speak Strine.

 

[Pogo]

Imagine if todays liberals were sent back to colonial days.
:Where art thou welfare center?
Thou shall taketh thy share of food stamps
Nay,I shall abort fetus and get knockethed back up

Pogo's Third Law: Any innocent innocuous thread on an educative topic will not survive more than fifteen minutes before some yahoo with no life has to ooze in and try to make politics out of it in a grand game of HEY! LOOKA ME!!

 

[Pogo]

Not far. I saw a movie once (fake of course) about this group that went back to the 1500's. They were captured by a group of English and questioned by some troops They asked one of them if they spoke French or something like that and he said yes. They asked him he was French and he said yes. Next thing you know he got an arrow in the throat.

They claimed they were Scottish except for the French guy, who was considered a spy. Problem with moves is that they dont capture the way people smelled back then. Personal Hygiene was not common in those days, so everyone smelled like shit, so these people from the future were acting like everyone smelled like roses. I would be gagging anytime and anywhere, because shit was everywhere, and on everyone..

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[Theowl32]

Imagine if todays liberals were sent back to colonial days.
:Where art thou welfare center?
Thou shall taketh thy share of food stamps
Nay,I shall abort fetus and get knockethed back up

If they weren't rich, they were fucked. Since back then socialism was the way, except it wasn't called socialism. It was in fact FEUDALISM, which is what socialism always morphs into.

No middle class, just the rich and the fucked. Nowhere on earth prior to 1776, did it occur to any leaders of any to nation to give the power to the people.

Liberals, theoretically would have loved it since the poor would receive a "free bag of wheat and some turnips."

Then again, they would have hated it. They would come back here after about an hour living like that, and kiss the ground Trump walks on for trying to preserve the power to the people.