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BoredomIsFun | 8 days ago

I am an ESL, but I can easily comprehend 1600. 1500 with serious effort.

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Dwedit|8 days ago

At 1400, they add in the thorn "รพ". If you don't know that's supposed to be "th", you'll get stuck there.

BoredomIsFun|8 days ago

No, not that. The endings are different, the verbs are substantially different. AFAIK invention of printing had generally stabilizing effect on English.

It is not that I am incapable to understand old English, it is that 1600 is dramatically closer to modern than 1400 one; I think someone from 1600 would be able to converse at 2026 UK farmers market with little problems too; someone from 1400 would be far more challenged.