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re: English language historian demonstrates what English sounded like throughout history...
Posted on 12/29/25 at 6:54 pm to evil cockroach
Posted on 12/29/25 at 6:54 pm to evil cockroach
quote:Well, the British landed in America in the 1600s.
Picked up a few things at 900 and 1000, then picked up everything at 1600, that’s about what I heard when people have said how far could you go back in time and still easily communicate with people of the English speaking world and the answer was about 1600 A.D.
Coincidence? I think not.
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Posted on 12/29/25 at 7:44 pm to PJinAtl
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About 20-25 years ago I worked for a company that supported an organization for businesses based in the UK that did a lot of business in the US and vice versa (Coke, Rolls Royce, etc.). There were several native Scots that would come to events, and I had to train my brain to slow down what they were saying in order to understand them.
Had to buy a car recently due to an accident and my salesman was from England. Half the conversation is just nodding and laughing with him when he laughs or says "ya know".
Posted on 12/29/25 at 10:30 pm to RollTide1987
Around 900, it began to sound like an old neighbor of mine. I didn’t understand him or the video, but it was identical. Maybe he was a time traveler.
Otherwise, right around 1400-1500 it began to make sense.
Otherwise, right around 1400-1500 it began to make sense.
This post was edited on 12/29/25 at 10:31 pm
Posted on 12/30/25 at 3:40 am to RollTide1987
Right after 900 I picked up its a long winter. Then at 1400 it sounded like normal speech to me unlike at 500 when it was totally foreign to me.
Posted on 12/30/25 at 7:35 pm to Jorts R Us
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I heard chicken right before 800. But I start picking stuff up after 900." The room is cold. It is long winter."
Same for me.
You can hear a distinct difference in accent/dialect at the 1600 mark. That's when the first colonies were being settled here.
This post was edited on 12/30/25 at 7:39 pm
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