The Oldest Best Thing Ever

[luthien13]

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[agent_rouka]

:D :D :D

Thanks for sharing. I wish I could write office correspondence like this...

[luthien13]

I wish I could just talk like this at work the whole time and not possibly get fired.
"Gode daiye, my gode yeomann! What ist that ich canne helpen ye with?"

[agent_rouka]

"Gode daiye, my gode yeomann! What ist that ich canne helpen ye with?"

How easy would it be to "hear" the older spelling? Because most of it reads very easily. The "ich" amuses me to noooo end, because I love parallels between English and German.

[luthien13]

I know. The brilliant thing is that, if I repeated myself slowly enough, people might understand what I was trying to say. And that would be beautiful beyond description.
Actually, as far as I can tell, English sounds quite a bit more like Dutch than it does German. But all those Teutonic languages have stuff in common. :D

[hyaenid]

sum tyme thei are in yower sum thinge doinge sum thinge to yt.

::cackles with glee::

[luthien13]

That's gotta be my favourite line in the whole thing. I cackled also, and so loudly that Buddy gave me a look full scornful.

[avictoriangirl]

No thyng hath plesed me moore, or moore esed myn wery brayne than thes joili and gentil peyntures ycleped “Cat Macroes” or “LOL Cattes."

Bahahaha! A man after my own heart. :D

[luthien13]

Ah, we know that Chaucer would've loved LOLCats. Of course he would've. He was just that kind of guy. XD