Тест, чтобы развлечься: различия между английским языком XVI и XXI веков
Are you from the 16th or 21st century? Hey! Do you think that English language has always been pretty the same? Let's find out!
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What do "YF" and "YE" mean?
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The 21st century hipster's slang
C’mon you can do it better than that! YE used to be the definite article THE and YF stood for IF
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Usual words for the 16th century
Yes! How did you guess? YE used to be the definite article THE and YF stood for IF
The colloctaion "to be kept without doores" appeared in ...
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16th century and ment that someone isn't allowed to come into the room
It's true! We knew that you’re THAT smart!
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21st century. If some secret is kept without doores it means that everyone knows about this secret. What a pity!
Noo :( Maybe another time
The extremely sophisticated word "endeavour" ...
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In 16th century denoted an arrogant woman
Nope. Sorry, honey ;(
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In the 21st century the synonym to "effort"
Of course! Well done :)
The word "mony" is
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In 16th century the way that the word "money" was written
True! True!
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In 21st century gentle word for calling your lover
Maybe one more try?
What is "Forry"?
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In the 16th century the way "sorry" was written
Yeaah! Congratulations!
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One of the words Dustin Henderson, the character from TV series "Stranger Things", liked to say.
Partly it might be true, but still it's not the right answer. Forry!
Be "scorch'd"
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In the 16th century ment to suffer from fire
Yes! You're a sunshine!
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In the 21st century means to suffer from alcoholic intoxication
Well, maybe it could be a good option, but this word has a different meaning :(
And finally the last word! What is "importune"?
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In the 16h century this word meant go to war
Ooops, it isn’t right. Sorry to importune you!
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In the 21st century means to annoy someone
Exactly!
Your result
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Who even needs to know the 16th century English except for historians and linguists? You're stiil awesome 😉
You're definetly the generation of the 21st century, congratulations!
Seems that you're cought up somewhere between the 16th and 21st century! Wow!
Good result! Although, there is always a room for improvement ;)
Oh, my! Are you so smart or just lucky?
Brilliant! Don't know where you got the knowledge of the 16th century english, but it is awesome!
