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How far back in time can you understand English? This site goes back by centuries allowing you to test yourself.
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this post was submitted on 23 Feb 2026
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Anyone else hate the 1900 section. It felt like it was trying to be harder to understand on purpose. 1800 was perfectly clear and required so much less processing than 1900, imo.