Question

Le Old English

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@Jebediah1143

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Show me what you know

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Okay, so do you know most nouns of the english alphabet?

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Tree, Horse, Cat, Bacon...yes

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Okay, because nouns usually are the same as Old English ;P

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Verbs change though ;o

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How so

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Most verbs in Modern English (english we speak) the ending does not change (for example; sleep, eat, fly etc.)

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Mhm

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In Old English, the ending changes on present tense. An "eth" is added at the end. (For example; eat becomes eateth, sleep becomes sleepeth etc.)

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ate stays the same though?

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Future and past tense are the same as modern english, so yes.

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Whosoever believeth in the banana, shall peeleth the banana

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Could you make a practice phrase for me? (for example; eateth apple)

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You don't like bananas?

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;3 (for example; eateth banana)

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"Whosoever believeth in the banana, shall peeleth the banana"

This isn't good enough? xD

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It's not proper old english yet. I must teach you more before it's fully correct.

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believe and peel are both present tense ;o

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"peeleth banana" Is good, well done on that :O

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Now lets talk about vowels in old english

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the fun stuff

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Yep the stuff that's replaced with an (')

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One example will be "for"

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In old english, "for" is actually f'r

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Same goes for "It" except it's removed entirely. It is just written as "t"

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no 't ?

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It's technically correct, so you can use it, but I don't prefer it ;o

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haha why

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Because I learnt it from Shakespeare, not from books about how to write like that :D

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lol

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Did you know that "Le Old English" is not written correct at all! ;o

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I know, Le is French for The

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It is actually written as "The Fusty English" as old is not a word in old english

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really xD

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Yep XD

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Now, the rule of vowel removal is not normal, nor rare. It is also common to find it in a sentence.

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You can remove the vowel from a word with vowels pronounced as "ah" "eh" "i" "oh" "uh"

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But removing e from words is not as normal

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So if a, e, i, o u, sounds like a constant, don't replace it?

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Yep, basically.

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*consonant

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Ok I get the rule

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F'r example, how I am writing even but now is actually c'rrect believeth t 'r not!

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And the slang word 'twas is actually incorrect in modern and old english :O

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It should be pronounced 'twast

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t-wo-zt

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Interesting. So like combining the vowel rule and verb rule.

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Simple, eh?

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Now, some adjectives do not exist in old english ;o

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They are replaced with weird words

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uh oh

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like?

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old = fusty

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small = bawbling

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I assume there is a long list

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Yes, but as a beginner, it is okay to not get adjectives correct as of now

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ty sensei

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Now, try and make a sentence with all the new rules you learnt ;o

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In th' fusty wind 'f the Shire, I waketh t' a heavenly p're

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How often do you replace vowels ._.

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I feel like I could fill up half a sentence with apostrophes

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Not that often, but we're learning :P

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Well is there any rule regarding when you use it

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"The" usually should not be replaced ;o

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Grammatically incorrect, or a Shakespearian taste?

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Grammatically.

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But, as I said, it can be used, but it's counted as slang :(

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mhm, so what about the vowel rule

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how often do we replace

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There's no specific rule, but I recommend doing it at maximum 1-2 times a sentence if they are not constants

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Hmm, and what about words like "heavenly." Plenty of vowels, where would you replace?

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Or do they replace the whole vowel sound? like Heav'nly?

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or H'venly?

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I would say that Heav'nly would be correct because you are using 2 letters in "heavenly" so it would not look right if you did h''venly

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You get the picture?

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Well I think this raises an interesting question. Does ' each individual letter the sound of a vowel, or the entire vowel?

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Since vowels can consist of multiple letters, such as ea in heavenly

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It can only represent one letter.

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Does ' replace each individual letter the sound of a vowel, or the entire vowel?*

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mhm

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stooges -> stoog's?

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lol

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Ooh, I wouldn't even try using it on difficult words XD

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So you would only recommend Old English on simple phrases xD

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No, I only recommend the apostrophe rule on easier words, not an difficult words.

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Because it's technically optional

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But the "e" in that word creates the "j" sound, so it doesn't really work with the rule as it cancels itself out with two different rules. So leave it be.

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mhm true

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Because I said vowels only. There is the sound, but then it cancels itself out with the rule that it hasto make the sound as "eh" as it creates the sound "j' with the g

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Yeah I see it

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Now write a sentence. XD

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Also, "he" is "that gent" and "she" is "that lady"

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The wash 'f the waves waketh me t' the suns rays.

'nto the ballroom where that lady stireth the cr'wd.

Creative critiques?

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Sounds awesome XD

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GREAT JOB XD

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Lol nice xD

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The lady did steal mine own wage. I des'rve bett'r than to beest did treat liketh a peasant

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;3

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I remember you using that word earlier, "beest." Is that an Old English word?

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Yes, it is XD

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What does it mean?

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It means "be" but you must add "did" right after

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Thee shall learneth to speaketh fusty english bett'r

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Yes, one knows that through time and practice, that can be achieved

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Just maybe not when Sarah is on

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( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

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lol xD

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Jeb, I feareth f'r thy life.

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Haha, that I know.
Thee - you (object)
Thou - you (subject)
Thy - your

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Yes ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

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thine - yours

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^^^^

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Didn't know that :O

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That lady may taketh from thee thy life

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"She may take from you your life"

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What happened to taketh

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? I was translating your text

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oh, blind at 1am

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lol

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Thine art a l'fe not meant f'r the afterlife.

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Shadew might not but learneth some m're valorous english. Who is't shall that gent learneth t from? me of course!

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Thou typeth faster th'n I breath, slow brethr'n

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(:

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Well wherefore wouldst i typeth n'rmally on the n'rmal questioneth, at which hour i couldst typeth on google docs and c'rrect myself?

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question*

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I mixed it up with the verb state of question

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to question, yeah xD

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Yup

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I has't did vomit all ov'r mine own quite quaint coxcomb. The lady shall crisp t up aft'r the lady helps that gent

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So do you use Old English for anything else besides amusement? .-.

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I think it would play over well with the teachers.

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Particularly an English teacher. They would get a kick out of it. I know plenty of mine would xD

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"Whoso pulleth out this sword of this stone and anvil is rightwise king born of all England."