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Old english is cooler than modern english akudood;


we should all speak old english

How do I be old?

Quote from: TheSequel on October 04, 2010, 08:29:02 PM
How do I be old?

Cnut cyning gret his arcebiscopas and his leod-biscopas and Þurcyl eorl and ealle his eorlas and ealne his þeodscype, twelfhynde and twyhynde, gehadode and læwede, on Englalande freondlice.

Define old english.

Quote from: Cookie on October 04, 2010, 08:31:16 PM
Define old english.

HWÆT, WE GAR-DEna in geardagum,
þeodcyninga þrym gefrunon,
hu ða æþelingas ellen fremedon!
oft Scyld Scefing sceaþena þreatum,
monegum mægþum meodosetla ofteah,
egsode eorlas, syððanærest wearð
feasceaft funden; he þæs frofre gebad,
weox under wolcnum weorðmyndum þah,
oð þæt him æghwylc ymbsittendra
ofer hronrade hyran scolde,
gomban gyldan; þæt wæs god cyning!
Ðæm eafera wæs æfter cenned
geong in geardum, þone God sende
folce to frofre; fyrenðearfe ongeat,
þe hie ær drugon aldorlease
lange hwile; him þæs Liffrea,
wuldres Wealdend woroldare forgeaf,
Beowulf wæs breme --- blæd wide sprang---
Scyldes eafera Scedelandum in.
Swa sceal geong guma gode gewyrcean,
fromum feohgiftumon fæder bearme,

Quote from: Khadafi on October 04, 2010, 08:30:31 PM
Cnut cyning gret his arcebiscopas and his leod-biscopas and Þurcyl eorl and ealle his eorlas and ealne his þeodscype, twelfhynde and twyhynde, gehadode and læwede, on Englalande freondlice.

You sound like Socks.

'modern english' will one day consist entirely of head nods, frantic gestures and stretched vowels.

Quote from: Socks on October 04, 2010, 08:36:38 PM
'modern english' will fuck day consist entirely of head nods, frantic gestures and stretched vowels.

wot þfuck

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akudood;

i fully came in here expecting you to think old english is shakespearian

i'm glad to see that you don't make that mistake. i swear, 90% of people who are english majors, even, don't actually even know the difference between old and modern english.

my head hurts

please no fuck that

also people when you see the something like 'ye olde pub' the 'ye' should be pronounced like 'thee' not 'ye'.  akudood;

ye olde bitche

thine doodthing doth contain a equivocal expression