Yeah, though it's also kind of amazing when you see Shakespeare performed to see how much easier it is to understand verbally (probably because there's more context and it's harder to get caught up on one word).

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these comparisons are absolute amazing... It's so obvious, too, when you read similar-ish (e.g., famous novelists) from various time periods -- in my case, economists from the late-19thC, or Jane Austen or Dickens from the early 19th C (beautiful and elaborate), compared to Shakespear from 16th C (

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How far back in time can you understand English?

these comparisons are absolute amazing... It's so obvious, too, when you read similar-ish (e.g., famous novelists) from various time periods -- in my case, economists from the late-19thC, or Jane Austen or Dickens from the early 19th C (beautiful and elaborate), compared to Shakespear from 16th C (_HOPELESS!_)