In which scenario would you last longer before being outed as a time traveller? (lemmy.world)

submitted 11 months ago by grandpaST@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

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Being dropped 500 years ago into your ancestors' community.
Being dropped 500 years into the future in your community.

You have a day to source some clothing appropriate to the time period. Unfortunately, that's not enough time to learn a dialect.

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[-] grandpaST@lemmy.world 10 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

They will also likely speak way different in 500 years than we do now. We have an idea what 1523 English sounded like. 2523 is uncharted territory.

[-] Boozilla@lemmy.world 12 points 11 months ago

Hell, I have trouble understanding young people right now. I'm not trying to dunk on them, I'm just old.

[-] Zorque@kbin.social 4 points 11 months ago

No cap frfr

[-] sour@kbin.social 1 points 11 months ago

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[-] Pons_Aelius@kbin.social 1 points 11 months ago

Why are you sour?

[-] sour@kbin.social 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

because random name generator

[-] Pons_Aelius@kbin.social 10 points 11 months ago

We have an idea what 1523 English sounded like.

In the early 2000s the Globe in London did productions of Shakespeare in the original pronunciation.

Here is how the opening of Romeo and Juliet would have sounded.

[-] livus@kbin.social 2 points 11 months ago

That sort of reminds me of West Country. Yarp.

[-] Pons_Aelius@kbin.social 2 points 11 months ago

He does for this in.

Yes, there is a definite similarity there.

[-] OneStepAhead@lemmynsfw.com 2 points 11 months ago

Pretty neat. I think I caught about half of that. I’m now wondering what percentage of that was more difficult to understand than an average persons speech. I don’t generally talk in iambic pentameter or what-have-you. The flow of the words for something like this is likely making it harder to understand than “regular talk”

[-] livus@kbin.social 3 points 11 months ago

I agree. Also, if the climate catastrophe unfolds as predicted, there will be a return to intense regionalization of dialects because people will live in smaller groups and have less contact with outsiders.

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