Agreed.
Although the old English is somewhat academic perhaps.

Learn the difference between i.e. and e.g.! Too many people use the former when they mean the latter. I.e.: id est = that is. E.g.: exemplia gratia = for example. Compare:
'I like looking at birds, e.g. ducks, pigeons, and geese.'
'I like looking at birds, i.e. animals from the class Aves, not women.'

Although I have long been aware of e.g. as an example, a relatively recent revelation to me was the difference between i.e. and viz. I suspect I was not the only one confusing them!
( Ugi , it's a game of give and cake, Thu 8 Apr 2010, 16:47, 1 reply)

Viz is the one that looks like a children's comic
but they all say 'FUCK'.

Thy/thine isn't really Old English. Old English is Beowulf, Middle English is Chaucer, Modern English is Shakespeare.
( Bob Todd whee, Thu 8 Apr 2010, 16:49, closed)

True though this may be....
... I do tend to find that I can use "whom" in a pub without being glassed, whereas "thyne" might be pushing it. Not sure quite what type of English that defines but I think it makes thyne not current English, even if it is "Modern".
( Ugi , it's a game of give and cake, Mon 12 Apr 2010, 17:39, closed)