Track_Shovel@slrpnk.net to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agoWelcome to the thunderdome?slrpnk.netimagemessage-square37fedilinkarrow-up1600
arrow-up1600imageWelcome to the thunderdome?slrpnk.netTrack_Shovel@slrpnk.net to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square37fedilink
minus-squareComfortableRaspberry@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up7·2 days ago smale fischis I like your funny words, magic man
minus-squareQuokka@quokk.aulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·edit-22 days ago“A frogge biþ a smale beaste wiþ foure leggys” I love how Middle English sounds so silly. Is it saying the fish has bright silver scales?
minus-squareDr. Bob@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-22 days agoThat’s right. A small fish with red fins and bright silver scales. Spelling wasn’t really standardized until the Elizabethan era. People spelled so it could be sounded out.
I like your funny words, magic man
“A frogge biþ a smale beaste wiþ foure leggys”
I love how Middle English sounds so silly. Is it saying the fish has bright silver scales?
That’s right. A small fish with red fins and bright silver scales. Spelling wasn’t really standardized until the Elizabethan era. People spelled so it could be sounded out.