Verily, I shake mine head
Verily, I shake mine head


Verily, I shake mine head
You're viewing a single thread.
Medieval
Potatoes
My suspension of disbelief is ruined completely.
So doth hates potatoes
would be the modern equivalent of "so does hates" which doesn't make sense
"So, doth thou hate potatoes?" or "So, thou hates potatoes?"
Thou art no fun at watching movies.
Well its middle engliwh not old english. You can tell because youbunderstand it even a little.
This is early modern English.
Maybe, i lump all that 'cant be sure a normal american will understand but still doesnt take much work' era of english in together.
Potatoes are a New World crop. They didn't exist in medieval Europe.
And i was saying thats (corrected elsewyere to 'early modern') english, so, possibly intended by the writer, possibly not, that language indicates a time they could have had potatoes.