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Mike W.:
Dante's Divine Comedy was written in a Tuscan dialect that served as the foundation of modern italian. That was written in the early 14th century.
And now to get this forum thread back on topic...
Mike W.:
How to guarantee rust will happen...
Sir Nate:
I love that episode Rog myth busters.
Sir James A:
--- Quote from: wilburnicus on 2014-02-20, 17:33:28 ---Dante's Divine Comedy was written in a Tuscan dialect that served as the foundation of modern italian. That was written in the early 14th century.
And now to get this forum thread back on topic...
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Oh neat, and right around the time of plate armor, which is all I knew it from. Didn't know when or how it started. Fun fact, thanks. :)
And yes, on topic:
Sir William:
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--- Quote from: Sir Aiden on 2014-02-19, 04:22:09 ---Luckily German shares in many things in common with English. I eventually wish to learn Latin and French, and get to learn more English terms. I don't care about Italian lol.
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Italian didn't exist in the Middle Ages
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Exactly
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Of course it did; do you think the people in that region did not speak at all? ;)
It wasn't referred to as 'Italian' because there was no 'Italy' as we know it now; they were 'city-states' such as Genoa, Pisa, Venezia, etc- but they all spoke the same language with varying dialects depending on which one they hailed from.
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