The English language we use today is different from the language we used 100 years ago. And 200 years ago. But we still read books that are a couple hundred years old, even if the vocabulary and style are a little different. How about 400 years ago? Sure, we can still read a King James Bible. But as you go further back, English begins to resemble a different language entirely. The Dead Language Society presents a challenge in the form of a fictional blog. Each post uses the language of 100 years earlier than the one before. How far back can you understand what these posts are saying?
Most people seem to hit a wall at around the year 1400 or 1100. The fictional blog text is followed by an explanation for each of the posts so you can learn a bit about why English changed so much during each century. Read all of it -or as much as you can- at the Dead Language Society. -via Metafilter
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