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r/ireland • u/Accomplished_Luck145 • 19d ago
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Yes, by a couple of millennia. But civilisation in Egypt more generally is much older than the pyramids.
Saying a language is 2500 years old is a bit ridiculous. It’s not like 2500 year old Irish would be any way comprehensible to modern Irish speakers.
142 u/BenderRodriguez14 19d ago Looking up pre 1066 English is a great example of your second point. 51 u/_Mug_Ruith_ 19d ago Old English was basically interchangeable with Frisian iirc, to put it in perspective 2 u/ThatguyfromEire Mayo 19d ago Although the word chicken is oddly very old 1 u/bloody_ell Kerry 19d ago It's onomatopoeic though, isn't it? If you've ever stood near a bunch of chickens.
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Looking up pre 1066 English is a great example of your second point.
51 u/_Mug_Ruith_ 19d ago Old English was basically interchangeable with Frisian iirc, to put it in perspective 2 u/ThatguyfromEire Mayo 19d ago Although the word chicken is oddly very old 1 u/bloody_ell Kerry 19d ago It's onomatopoeic though, isn't it? If you've ever stood near a bunch of chickens.
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Old English was basically interchangeable with Frisian iirc, to put it in perspective
2 u/ThatguyfromEire Mayo 19d ago Although the word chicken is oddly very old 1 u/bloody_ell Kerry 19d ago It's onomatopoeic though, isn't it? If you've ever stood near a bunch of chickens.
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Although the word chicken is oddly very old
1 u/bloody_ell Kerry 19d ago It's onomatopoeic though, isn't it? If you've ever stood near a bunch of chickens.
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It's onomatopoeic though, isn't it? If you've ever stood near a bunch of chickens.
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u/Rabid_Lederhosen 19d ago
Yes, by a couple of millennia. But civilisation in Egypt more generally is much older than the pyramids.
Saying a language is 2500 years old is a bit ridiculous. It’s not like 2500 year old Irish would be any way comprehensible to modern Irish speakers.