Chromebby@lemmy.world to Neat - For neat stuff you found@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-23 months agoHow far back in time can you understand English?www.deadlanguagesociety.comexternal-linkmessage-square37linkfedilinkarrow-up1149arrow-down12file-textcross-posted to: mildlyinteresting@lemmy.worldhistory@mander.xyzhistory@lemmy.mlhackernews@lemmy.bestiver.se
arrow-up1147arrow-down1external-linkHow far back in time can you understand English?www.deadlanguagesociety.comChromebby@lemmy.world to Neat - For neat stuff you found@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-23 months agomessage-square37linkfedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: mildlyinteresting@lemmy.worldhistory@mander.xyzhistory@lemmy.mlhackernews@lemmy.bestiver.se
minus-squarescops@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 months agoIs it some kind of social commentary that the writer seems progressively more superstitious and easily frightened as the centuries roll back? Dude talks about a walk back to his B&B like he’s a Hobbit dodging nazguls
minus-squareCombatWombat@feddit.onlinelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·3 months agoYep! For instance, the author discusses the changes from a blog post to a letter from 2000 - 1800. As they move back in time, both the language and also the themes and form change to match the style of literature and culture of the time.
minus-squareNot_mikey@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 months agoI mean he has a right to be suspicious !the story seems to be about a werewolfs goons capturing him and sentencing him to death until he’s saved by Ælfgifu gehaten!<
Is it some kind of social commentary that the writer seems progressively more superstitious and easily frightened as the centuries roll back?
Dude talks about a walk back to his B&B like he’s a Hobbit dodging nazguls
Yep! For instance, the author discusses the changes from a blog post to a letter from 2000 - 1800. As they move back in time, both the language and also the themes and form change to match the style of literature and culture of the time.
I mean he has a right to be suspicious