Very entertaining. I’m totally lost around 1400. I don’t even recognize 1200 as English lol.

  • LordMayor@piefed.social
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    1
    ·
    13 days ago

    That’s exactly what’s happening. If you read the author’s explanation, around 1250 is when English starts picking the up the Latin and French loan words that modern English speakers are used to.

    English is a Germanic language. So, without the loan words, it is very much more like German.