Toes♀@ani.social to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 6 months agoWhat year is it?ani.socialimagemessage-square43fedilinkarrow-up11.15Karrow-down112
arrow-up11.14Karrow-down1imageWhat year is it?ani.socialToes♀@ani.social to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 6 months agomessage-square43fedilink
minus-squaremaculata@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down3·6 months agoNo they wouldn’t. They would say something similar BUT IN OLDE WORLDY EGYPTIAN.
minus-square✺roguetrick✺@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-26 months ago59 BC is actually pretty close to modern coptic I’d bet for spoken language (though officially it wouldn’t be called coptic with consistent Greek script until the third century). At least in the sense that vulgar Latin was close to Italian.
minus-squaremaculata@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-26 months agoYeah but Mrmule was talking at us in English, see?
No they wouldn’t. They would say something similar BUT IN OLDE WORLDY EGYPTIAN.
59 BC is actually pretty close to modern coptic I’d bet for spoken language (though officially it wouldn’t be called coptic with consistent Greek script until the third century). At least in the sense that vulgar Latin was close to Italian.
Yeah but Mrmule was talking at us in English, see?