The Picard Maneuver@startrek.website to Microblog Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoI've heard some schools are reintroducing it now, but that doesn't help those that never learned.startrek.websiteimagemessage-square57fedilinkarrow-up114arrow-down10
arrow-up114arrow-down1imageI've heard some schools are reintroducing it now, but that doesn't help those that never learned.startrek.websiteThe Picard Maneuver@startrek.website to Microblog Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square57fedilink
minus-squareAwkwardLookMonkeyPuppet@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoOn a regular basis? No. Ever? Of course. Shakespeare is written in old English, the original translation of Homer’s The Odyssey, and the King James Bible, to name a few things.
minus-squareBoinkage@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-21 year agoShakespeare is modern English with some old words. This is Old English. https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/43521/beowulf-old-english-version
minus-squareAwkwardLookMonkeyPuppet@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoThanks for the example and the correction.
On a regular basis? No. Ever? Of course. Shakespeare is written in old English, the original translation of Homer’s The Odyssey, and the King James Bible, to name a few things.
Shakespeare is modern English with some old words. This is Old English.
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/43521/beowulf-old-english-version
Thanks for the example and the correction.