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Anonymous Fri Nov 30 05:26:14 2018 No.12158528 [Reply] [Original]

Hello /lit/, brainlet here.
I just started reading Smith's Wealth of Nations and I don't fucking understand a lot of the words. How do I make my knowledge of old english better? Just read? Any suggestions?

>>	Anonymous Fri Nov 30 05:30:25 2018 No.12158533 >Adam Smith >Old English Anon, I...

>>	Anonymous Fri Nov 30 05:41:00 2018 No.12158546 File: 177 KB, 1920x1152, yolo-juliet-3.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Get a version adapted for modern audiences.

>>	Anonymous Fri Nov 30 06:12:48 2018 No.12158606 >>12158533 I said I was a brainlet, nigga

>>	Anonymous Fri Nov 30 06:18:30 2018 No.12158614 >>12158533 >"old english" can only be interpreted as a compound and not as an adjective phrase MY FAVOURITE EPISODE

>>	Anonymous Fri Nov 30 06:30:24 2018 No.12158640 >>12158546 How funny.

>>	Anonymous Fri Nov 30 06:31:38 2018 No.12158643 >>12158614 The distinction is made by whether "old" is capitalized.

>>	Anonymous Fri Nov 30 06:34:27 2018 No.12158649 File: 87 KB, 960x632, M6H0SNh.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>12158640 You think this is a motherfucking joke?

>>	Anonymous Fri Nov 30 06:37:50 2018 No.12158658 >>12158643 he didn't capitalize English either

>>	Anonymous Fri Nov 30 06:47:24 2018 No.12158677 >>12158649 >spotted a hottie now thats literature

>>	Anonymous Fri Nov 30 06:51:13 2018 No.12158688 >>12158528 Go read Marx

>>	Anonymous Fri Nov 30 07:12:17 2018 No.12158742 >>12158688 i will but later

>>	Anonymous Fri Nov 30 11:42:36 2018 No.12159467 >>12158606 Smith wrote in modern English, friend.

>>	Anonymous Fri Nov 30 11:43:40 2018 No.12159473 >>12158546 >>12158649 This actually looks like fun to read.

>>	Anonymous Fri Nov 30 18:09:43 2018 No.12161118 start with the greeks

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