HandwovenConsensusM to Ask The World · 1 year agoHow far back into your country's history could you go without needing a translator?message-squaremessage-square19fedilinkarrow-up131arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up130arrow-down1message-squareHow far back into your country's history could you go without needing a translator?HandwovenConsensusM to Ask The World · 1 year agomessage-square19fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareHandwovenConsensusOPMlinkfedilinkarrow-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-squarezerolinkfedilinkarrow-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-squareHandwovenConsensusOPMlinkfedilinkarrow-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.