sem ( @sem@lemmy.blahaj.zone ) 20•2 months agoMay we all be nat eton.
Yozul ( @yozul@beehaw.org ) 20•2 months agoIf anyone is having trouble reading this, it might help to know that “þ” is the same as “th”. That’s more widely known than it used to be, but it’s still pretty niche.
FundMECFS ( @FundMECFSResearch@lemmy.blahaj.zone ) 12•2 months agoI thought this was a really secluded and niche Scots dialect before realising it was just old english.
I_am_10_squirrels ( @I_am_10_squirrels@beehaw.org ) 8•2 months agoWhere can I find more descriptions like this?
It’s from the proposed Middle English Wikipedia. Here’s the frogge article, here are all articles that have been written. But the no-fun-allowed Wikimedia killed it off.
azi ( @azi@mander.xyz ) 12•2 months agoThey allow conlangs but not historical languages?? What the actual fuck
sunbather ( @sunbather@beehaw.org ) 11•2 months agoits weird and lame middle english was killed off, particularly as theres old english available
Syl ( @IndieSpren@lemmy.blahaj.zone ) English6•2 months agoThere’s a lot of articles written in middle English that make sense on that list, like languages, locations, historical events, historical figures, etc.
Then there’s also brainfuck, genshin, and this beauty.
don ( @don@lemm.ee ) 4•2 months agoI can hear the YouTube video done about this.
Rob Bos ( @rbos@lemmy.ca ) English3•2 months agoLate middle English?
gandalf_der_12te ( @gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.de ) 3•2 months agoWho makes up such funny words?
stray ( @stray@pawb.social ) English7•2 months agoThis is just how English used to be.
wizardbeard ( @wizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) English2•2 months agoA classic
Rin ( @Rin@lemm.ee ) English2•2 months agoSurely, i’m having a stroke
gwilikers ( @gwilikers@lemmy.ml ) 1•2 months agoRead this in Swedish Chef’s voice.