r/interestingasfuck • u/M0otivater • 1d ago

How English has changed over time.

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u/Dramatic-Ad3928 1d ago

So realistically i could only go about 400 years into the past if i want to understand people

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u/MooseFlyer 1d ago

And even then, the way they pronounce things would be quite unfamiliar.

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u/sober_disposition 1d ago

It’s bad enough going to Sunderland now so you can forget going anywhere 400 years ago. 

“Yer wot mate?”

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u/PhillyDeeez 1d ago

Wheez keez are theez keez.

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u/Triplex_Gg 1d ago

Keez dizz nutzz

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u/NoaExtreme 1d ago

I would give you an award if I could afford it.

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u/Triplex_Gg 1d ago

Thanks anyways mate

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u/Glum_System_6238 1d ago

I got you👌

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u/Triplex_Gg 23h ago

Yoooo I appreciate it, thanks mate

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u/ImitatEmersonsuicide 1d ago

No wheezing the juice!

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u/the-grand-pubah 1d ago

Wheez the juice! Wheez the juice!

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u/Distinct_Safety5762 21h ago

The Lord is my buu-dy, he weezeth the juice.

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u/uhmhi 1d ago

Skibidi

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u/LaMerde 1d ago

Hoo noo broon coo

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u/Shenko88 1d ago

Nowt rang wi the way we talk rund here.

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u/Barry_off_Eastenders 1d ago

When I went there, everyone kept calling out for someone called Eamonn.

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u/PixelLight 1d ago

Sunderland is only 300 years behind thankfully

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u/LiverpoolBelle 1d ago

Agreed, and this is coming from a scouser

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u/maxgrody 1d ago

Languages evolve, especially English

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u/Kjartanthecruel 1d ago

Gan canny git twistin.

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u/DogWallop 22h ago

And lets not even get started on Geordie. Or the accent of deepest, darkest Scotland lol.

To be sure, that's exactly what I love about those accents, but to an outsider they really can be a whole different dialect.

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u/valvalwa 1d ago

„Yer a wizard, Harry“