“Brea, bûter en griene tsiis is goed Ingelsk en goed Frysk.” 

“Bread, butter and green cheese is good English and good Frisian.”

Thanks Duolingo!

Undisciplined

Canterbury Tales was the first thing that came to mind for me when I read those earlier sections, too.

It's like reading Canterbury Tales

Whan that Aprille...

Bell_curve

1400 is still ok if you know some basic German or Dutch and read phonetically, 1300 has a Frisian or Danish (?) feel to it and is much much harder already... 1200 is babylon for me.

history

BooksAndArticles

How far back in time can you understand English?

StillStackinAfterAllTheseYears

Interesting. 

1400 is still ok if you know some basic German or Dutch and read phonetically, 1300 has a Frisian or Danish (?) feel to it and is much much harder already... 1200 is babylon for me.