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Nov 26, 2013 at 19:21 history tweeted twitter.com/#!/StackEnglish/status/405415910804291584
Nov 26, 2013 at 16:18 comment added Dancrumb It's also worth noting that the character who says this, Van Helsing, is not a native speaker and is, in fact, Dutch.
Nov 26, 2013 at 14:37 comment added Jon Hanna @T.E.D. yes, there aren't many native speakers of 19th Century English any more, though sometimes after a few days reading material from the period I begin to feel like I might become one after I phrase something so that befuddlement does indeed ensue.
Nov 26, 2013 at 14:17 comment added T.E.D. If someone were to actually speak this line today, most "native speakers" would be just as befuddled as you.
Nov 26, 2013 at 14:12 answer added Janus Bahs Jacquet timeline score: 7
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Nov 26, 2013 at 14:04 answer added npst timeline score: 2
Nov 26, 2013 at 14:03 history edited mplungjan CC BY-SA 3.0
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Nov 26, 2013 at 13:55 history asked Stephen CC BY-SA 3.0