>try to read book written pre-1900>you can’t even understand 99% of the vocabulary Did we get dumbed down by the kikes, pol?
Olde English was literally a whole different language. It has nothing to do with vocabulary, retard.
>>540953962nah they just talked like fags and their shit was all retarded
>>540953962Just keep reading them, you'll get to understand them pretty easily and you'll never want to go back to modern literature because it'll seem so impoverished compared to what came before.
>>540953962it's not my fault you're retarded
>>540953962you have to be 18 to post here laddy
>>540955471>Pre-1900>Old EnglishThe state of mutt education
>>540955912Do you think Olde English was invented post-1900?
>>540956402Do you genuinely believe that's what I was implying or are you being deliberately obtuse rather than come up with a real rebuttal?
>>540956402You're an actual retarded person.
>>540953962The last book I read cover to cover was written in 1732.
>>540953962for me its trying to dofferentiate between the 's's and the 'f's, everything else makes perfect sense.
>>540956778>for me its trying to dofferentiate between the 's's and the 'f's, everything else makes perfect sense.exactly. see>>540956745
>>540953962Modern English is essentially a type of creole or pigin version of English from just 150 years ago.
>>540957928>a type of creole or pigin version of English from just 150 years ago.that's all english has ever been.
>>540953962I liked the way 1920’s authors wrote, but yeah english has been a moving target since its creation
>>540953962I can at least go as far back as Gibbon and understand what he is saying. Shakespeare is just retarded though
>>540955471>>540956402Are you genuinely retarded?
yes also, skill issue
