@brbposting@sh.itjust.works to Harry Potter@literature.cafeEnglish • 1 year agoWee peek at Harry Potter, Scottish translation - Philosopher's Stanesh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square15fedilinkarrow-up187
arrow-up187imageWee peek at Harry Potter, Scottish translation - Philosopher's Stanesh.itjust.works@brbposting@sh.itjust.works to Harry Potter@literature.cafeEnglish • 1 year agomessage-square15fedilink
minus-square@paddirn@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish9•1 year agoIs this closer to how Old English was or is this even farther removed from Old English than Modern English is?
minus-squarepeto (he/him)linkfedilinkEnglish11•edit-21 year agoIt’s a bit like Middle English (what Shakespeare wrote in), Old English (What Beowulf was wrote in) is very different. Also worth remembering that this is Scots, which is very close to English and I think largely unrelated to Scottish Gaelic.
Is this closer to how Old English was or is this even farther removed from Old English than Modern English is?
It’s a bit like Middle English (what Shakespeare wrote in), Old English (What Beowulf was wrote in) is very different. Also worth remembering that this is Scots, which is very close to English and I think largely unrelated to Scottish Gaelic.