it looks to be olde english to me...

nope, they're normal modern sentences.

morningsong said:

nope, they're normal modern sentences.

from what area(s)???

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idk I assumed it was from all over the states.

Yes, I get them. Had to read them a couple times slowly though.

The key for me was the last sentence, perhaps because I grew up in a military town, it was an easier sentence to restructure.

nonames said:

Not an English native speaker here and I find them fairly straight forward. I am a languages teacher though, so that might help..

Ha, I thought it would be harder for the ESL people, with the double meaning of words and all.
But I guess not.

okay, got them

morningsong said:

morningsong said:

nope, they're normal modern sentences.

nothin 'normal' about them

its not standard in speakin or writin.

morningsong said:

Each of the following is a complete sentence--but it may take you a few reads to realize it. Can you understand them all? 1. The man who hunts ducks out on the weekend. 2. The old man the boat. 3. The complex houses married and single soldiers and their families.[list] [Edited 7/5/16 3:14am]

without punctuation the clearest statement to me is: "the old man the boat"

which in 'normal' speech is 'the old, man the boat'

the rest of them seem to be specific to area or group...

Two & Three came to me fairly quickly, but I found the first one took a little effort to parse out. I think you would ordinarily put some commas in there, no? It was fun working through these, though.

KingBAD said:

morningsong said:

nope, they're normal modern sentences.

nothin 'normal' about them

its not standard in speakin or writin.

No not in everyday speech, but it does show up from time to time.

But that's why I said the last one was the easiest for me because I did grew up in military territory so the way that's phrased sounded familiar.

nonames said:

KingBAD said:

I don't understand nothing at all, well the first it's quite clear, or so i think.

nonames said:

KingBAD said:

without punctuation the clearest statement to me is: "the old man the boat"

which in 'normal' speech is 'the old, man the boat'

the rest of them seem to be specific to area or group...

If I understand that sentence correctly, that comma is wrong. 'The old (i.e. The elderly) man the boat'. You don't need a comma after the subject. Sorry, I'm just being annoying, but as I sometimes tell my students, I get paid to be annoying... [Edited 7/6/16 16:01pm]

i put it there to show where the break would be

and since i wrote it you should very well unnastand that

however i write somethin is right, cause i'm the one wrote it.