Track_Shovel@slrpnk.net to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 days agoWelcome to the thunderdome?imagemessage-square36linkfedilinkarrow-up1611arrow-down15
arrow-up1606arrow-down1imageWelcome to the thunderdome?Track_Shovel@slrpnk.net to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 days agomessage-square36linkfedilink
minus-squareComfortableRaspberry@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up7·7 days ago smale fischis I like your funny words, magic man
minus-squareQuokka@quokk.aulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down1·edit-27 days ago“A frogge biþ a smale beaste wiþ foure leggys” I love how Middle English sounds so silly. Is it saying the fish has bright silver scales?
minus-squareDr. Bob@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-27 days agoThat’s right. A small fish with red fins and bright silver scales. Spelling wasn’t really standardized until the Elizabethan era. People spelled so it could be sounded out.
I like your funny words, magic man
“A frogge biþ a smale beaste wiþ foure leggys”
I love how Middle English sounds so silly. Is it saying the fish has bright silver scales?
That’s right. A small fish with red fins and bright silver scales. Spelling wasn’t really standardized until the Elizabethan era. People spelled so it could be sounded out.