Verily, I shake mine head
Verily, I shake mine head
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Medieval
Potatoes
My suspension of disbelief is ruined completely.
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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?"
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Thou art no fun at watching movies.
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Well its middle engliwh not old english. You can tell because youbunderstand it even a little.
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This is early modern English.
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Maybe, i lump all that 'cant be sure a normal american will understand but still doesnt take much work' era of english in together.
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Potatoes are a New World crop. They didn't exist in medieval Europe.
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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.
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