HandwovenConsensus@lemm.eeM to Ask The World@lemm.ee · 1 year agoHow far back into your country's history could you go without needing a translator?message-squaremessage-square20fedilinkarrow-up131arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up130arrow-down1message-squareHow far back into your country's history could you go without needing a translator?HandwovenConsensus@lemm.eeM to Ask The World@lemm.ee · 1 year agomessage-square20fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareHandwovenConsensus@lemm.eeOPMlinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down1·1 year agoI wouldn’t be confident going past the 19th century US, personally. English has changed a lot in a short time.
minus-squarezero@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 year agoI feel like you could probably make yourself understood all the way back to the American revolution, but anything slangy would be an absolute mess
minus-squareHandwovenConsensus@lemm.eeOPMlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 year agoMaybe, but I don’t think it would be effortless. I would imagine it would be easier for you to understand them than the other way around.
I wouldn’t be confident going past the 19th century US, personally. English has changed a lot in a short time.
I feel like you could probably make yourself understood all the way back to the American revolution, but anything slangy would be an absolute mess
Maybe, but I don’t think it would be effortless. I would imagine it would be easier for you to understand them than the other way around.