brbposting to Harry Potter@literature.cafeEnglish · 8 months agoWee peek at Harry Potter, Scottish translation - Philosopher's Staneimagemessage-square15fedilinkarrow-up185arrow-down16
arrow-up179arrow-down1imageWee peek at Harry Potter, Scottish translation - Philosopher's Stanebrbposting to Harry Potter@literature.cafeEnglish · 8 months agomessage-square15fedilink
minus-squarepaddirn@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down1·8 months 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)@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·edit-28 months 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.