Period Speech
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[[A sword-wielding actor on a stage addresses three others; one has a spear, another a handgun and a knife, and the third a laptop.]]
Actor: Forsooth, do you grok my jive, me hearties?
Actors: Ten-four!
A few centuries from now, all the English of the past 400 years will sound equally old-timey and interchangeable.
{{Title text: The same people who spend their weekends at the Blogger Reenactment Festivals will whine about the anachronisms in historical movies, but no one else will care.}}
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Oglaf (nsfw),
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Perry Bible Fellowship,
Questionable Content,
Buttercup Festival,
Homestuck,
Junior Scientist Power Hour
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