• paddirn@lemmy.world
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      3 months ago

      Go bæclinga hwonne tîma +nðh ðêah−hwæðere cwyldtîd Old Englisc spellung sêman incorrect, ðêah nêan cynerôf palster wiðæftan stund ðêah was ðone as “correct” Englisc. In ðone as tôweardnes, what is ðrêagan today lôgian w¯ære ungelîclic Englisc.

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        3 months ago

        As far as I can tell, we’re not speaking in old English in this thread. Well, I suppose you are, but not in the original comment.

        With that argument, I could just as easily say you didn’t spell your words correctly in the original Greek, or Latin, or Etruscan.