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How far back in time could we go in the UK before we would start to be unable to understand the English of the day?
I see. Would it be difficult for someone from the UK to read Old English writing?
It would certainly be challenging! Old English was written in the Anglo-Saxon futhorc, a runic alphabet that has some resemblance to modern-day Scandinavian languages. Even for speakers of modern English who are familiar with the Latin alphabet, the words and grammar structure of Old English would be very different and require extensive study to understand.