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Indeed, translating old english, and reading middle english are very very different Brian Send a noteboard - 06/09/2009 07:11:13 PM
Anyone that thinks The Canterbury Tales are difficult to read in their original format should go try and read Beowulf in real old english.
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So...what books DON'T you like? Сталин - 06/09/2009 04:57:28 AM 1885 Views
I have a couple I really disliked Brian - 06/09/2009 05:28:38 AM 1292 Views
I agree. Seriana Sedai - 06/09/2009 05:49:28 AM 1293 Views
Ohhhh quotefail! Brian - 06/09/2009 05:54:02 AM 1336 Views
I saw that. Seriana Sedai - 06/09/2009 06:03:29 AM 1171 Views
You actually read Monkey Bridge? Сталин - 06/09/2009 02:47:39 PM 1189 Views
Haha, I'm surprised anyone has heard of it here Brian - 06/09/2009 04:43:59 PM 1170 Views
Some examples Ellestra - 07/09/2009 08:25:37 PM 1094 Views
You think Battlefield Earth is bad, try reading his Mission Earth series. *NM* Brian - 08/09/2009 02:09:22 AM 647 Views
I read those in high school. I liked them. Stupid comic escapism. *NM* TaskmasterJack - 08/09/2009 02:18:31 AM 696 Views
I read them when I was in high school too...at least the first 3 or 4 Brian - 08/09/2009 02:47:12 AM 1211 Views
Re: I read them when I was in high school too...at least the first 3 or 4 TaskmasterJack - 08/09/2009 04:18:07 PM 1248 Views
Re: I read them when I was in high school too...at least the first 3 or 4 Brian - 08/09/2009 06:26:00 PM 1168 Views
No, thanks. I think all my masochism got spent on Terry Goodkind *NM* Ellestra - 08/09/2009 07:25:41 PM 672 Views
Political polemics, for one. Utopian novels, for another. Haggard - 06/09/2009 05:29:54 AM 1101 Views
People always recommend I read Ayn Rand Сталин - 06/09/2009 02:51:25 PM 1275 Views
I started The Fountainhead. It was pretty dreadful. *NM* Ghavrel - 06/09/2009 08:44:31 PM 684 Views
I don't have enough hours in the day to detail this or something even worse Larry - 06/09/2009 05:45:35 AM 1252 Views
The Wanderer's Tale by David Bilsborough. Craig - 06/09/2009 06:24:49 AM 1219 Views
YES! Jessie - 07/09/2009 06:10:29 AM 1115 Views
Oh, a lot of things. But I wonder. rebelaessedai - 06/09/2009 07:00:34 AM 1242 Views
Re: Oh, a lot of things. But I wonder. Brian - 06/09/2009 07:05:51 AM 1191 Views
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Re: ! Brian - 06/09/2009 07:22:43 PM 1093 Views
Well, I do plan on reading it. rebelaessedai - 07/09/2009 03:38:26 AM 1155 Views
In fantasy, Vellum and Ink were terrible Сталин - 06/09/2009 02:54:05 PM 1184 Views
Duly noted! rebelaessedai - 06/09/2009 06:51:22 PM 1157 Views
Oh plenty Geoff - 06/09/2009 09:37:23 AM 1212 Views
I hated Wuthering Heights more than Jane Eyre, but I hated Jane Eyre, too. *NM* Сталин - 06/09/2009 02:54:49 PM 715 Views
I was never forced to read Wuthering heights Geoff - 06/09/2009 03:44:59 PM 1213 Views
I disliked both as well... more than disliked. *NM* Jacob - 09/09/2009 08:59:37 PM 731 Views
Well... Jacob - 09/09/2009 09:01:18 PM 1183 Views
I like all books I have ever read. jh - 06/09/2009 12:09:51 PM 1262 Views
You hated The Brothers Karamazov? Сталин - 06/09/2009 02:59:16 PM 1188 Views
Umm, yeah. jh - 06/09/2009 03:28:30 PM 1361 Views
Canterbury Tales by Chaucer. In Ye Olde English, it's harder to translate than ancient Greek. *NM* IndigoAjah - 06/09/2009 05:07:49 PM 688 Views
Oh man, the prologue to the Wife of Bath was horrible. Brian - 06/09/2009 05:11:39 PM 1124 Views
The Canterbury Tales are not Old English. They are Middle English. Сталин - 06/09/2009 05:59:59 PM 1283 Views
Indeed, translating old english, and reading middle english are very very different Brian - 06/09/2009 07:11:13 PM 1173 Views
Edit: ignore this, what I had before was blatantly untrue *NM* IndigoAjah - 07/09/2009 12:11:37 AM 703 Views
As I'm translating some ancient Greek right now, I call bullshit on that. *NM* Ghavrel - 06/09/2009 08:45:46 PM 648 Views
EDIT: Last post was basically equally bullsh*t IndigoAjah - 07/09/2009 12:17:01 AM 1176 Views
I was going to, but I felt I had already been pedantic enough. *NM* Сталин - 07/09/2009 02:34:04 AM 707 Views
Jane Eyre. Chas - 06/09/2009 05:13:27 PM 1193 Views
The Clan of the Cave Bear by Jean M. Auel AgentOrange - 06/09/2009 05:58:39 PM 1202 Views
Must remember this. *NM* rebelaessedai - 06/09/2009 06:53:08 PM 674 Views
What do you mean? *NM* AgentOrange - 07/09/2009 10:43:58 AM 701 Views
Re: The Clan of the Cave Bear by Jean M. Auel Nolan - 06/09/2009 08:08:21 PM 1195 Views
well it was the best book in the series *NM* random thoughts - 14/09/2009 04:37:27 PM 623 Views
Catcher in the Rye and Heart of Darkness, among the "classics." *NM* Master Radishes - 06/09/2009 08:15:12 PM 683 Views
Ooh! I second Catcher and the Rye. What a piece of garbage. everynametaken - 06/09/2009 08:20:00 PM 1046 Views
I couldn't finish Heart of Darkness random thoughts - 14/09/2009 04:39:00 PM 1221 Views
Vellum by Hal Duncan and The Years of Rice and Salt by Kim Stanley Robinson everynametaken - 06/09/2009 08:16:12 PM 1246 Views
Hm. Novo - 06/09/2009 11:20:40 PM 1164 Views
Dubliners and A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man Vodalus - 06/09/2009 08:24:07 PM 1157 Views
I liked a Portrait of the Artist, personally, though the (lack of real) punctuation grated *NM* IndigoAjah - 07/09/2009 12:18:50 AM 615 Views
I didn't mind Portrait of the Artist as a Young Dog...I mean Man Сталин - 07/09/2009 02:40:14 AM 1143 Views
Shame on you. Those books are truly Great. Especially Portrait. Joker - 12/09/2009 10:52:40 PM 1192 Views
What? Handel - 06/09/2009 08:28:17 PM 1325 Views
My problem with Wuthering Heights was the characters. Darth_Katie - 06/09/2009 09:40:24 PM 1151 Views
Re: My problem with Wuthering Heights was the characters. Handel - 07/09/2009 12:27:44 AM 1195 Views
Wait...you're a guy? Сталин - 07/09/2009 02:44:27 AM 1192 Views
Indeed. Handel - 07/09/2009 03:01:59 AM 1196 Views
Stars in His Pocket Like Grains of Sand random thoughts - 14/09/2009 04:41:16 PM 1371 Views
Oh, and maybe it was lost on me, but I never got much joy out of War and Peace IndigoAjah - 07/09/2009 12:22:48 AM 1082 Views
War and Peace is pretty straightforward Сталин - 07/09/2009 02:43:25 AM 1209 Views
Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norell. Danu - 07/09/2009 12:54:41 AM 1224 Views
Shame! Shaaaaame! *NM* Craig - 07/09/2009 03:06:55 AM 633 Views
Jessie - 07/09/2009 06:13:26 AM 1117 Views
I'm not sure. Danu - 20/09/2009 04:19:52 PM 1459 Views
It probably doesn't help but Craig - 20/09/2009 06:17:34 PM 1548 Views
Don't flame me for saying it.... Erith - 07/09/2009 04:49:40 AM 1279 Views
Nah. rebelaessedai - 07/09/2009 05:18:23 AM 1125 Views
For me it was the other way around. jh - 07/09/2009 07:38:35 AM 1132 Views
You know, I kind of feel that way, too. Erith - 08/09/2009 03:40:58 AM 1153 Views
One last one: Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley *NM* Brian - 07/09/2009 07:44:48 AM 686 Views
*NM* Novo - 07/09/2009 10:33:08 AM 657 Views
Awww man, I thought we got rid of you! *NM* Brian - 07/09/2009 06:05:30 PM 626 Views
Have you ever seen the mini-series? Darth_Katie - 07/09/2009 05:42:45 PM 1201 Views
Never have I seen such good acting in such a dreadful movie/mini-series. Legolas - 07/09/2009 05:44:47 PM 1093 Views
I love really really bad TV movies sometimes....they make for lots of laughter Brian - 07/09/2009 06:06:38 PM 1075 Views
Actually, you might like it. As in, think it's good. Legolas - 07/09/2009 06:11:14 PM 1124 Views
I had a couple of issues with the book that I could easily see being removed from the movie Brian - 07/09/2009 07:01:40 PM 1067 Views
Yeah, you might like it then. Legolas - 07/09/2009 07:20:04 PM 1122 Views
A Confederacy of Dunces. nossy - 08/09/2009 06:13:59 AM 1202 Views
Crap. That's two people now. Chas - 09/09/2009 01:42:40 AM 1080 Views
Don't go by what I say. nossy - 09/09/2009 03:11:17 AM 1163 Views
Anyone with more than half a brain wouldn't. *NM* Brian - 09/09/2009 03:49:34 AM 689 Views
This sounds like a redshirt mission. *NM* Chas - 14/09/2009 01:12:17 AM 681 Views
Re: Hardy Cockatiel of Doom - 09/09/2009 02:42:39 AM 1047 Views
Aw. I liked Confederacy. *NM* Ghavrel - 09/09/2009 06:15:10 AM 660 Views
That probably makes sense for someone from the area though. nossy - 09/09/2009 08:02:23 PM 1152 Views
Oh, I forgot to mention Brave New World. Craig - 08/09/2009 06:26:29 AM 1069 Views
Wha? nossy - 08/09/2009 03:26:29 PM 1221 Views
Wha. Craig - 08/09/2009 06:43:12 PM 1057 Views
*stands and applauds * Here here *NM* M & M Maddy - 08/09/2009 08:19:53 PM 707 Views
The Road andOld Man and the Sea bme - 08/09/2009 04:16:11 PM 1095 Views
Time to give up your man card. *NM* Joker - 12/09/2009 10:53:56 PM 657 Views
The great Gatsby and Romeo and Juliett. M & M Maddy - 08/09/2009 08:24:23 PM 1135 Views
Word! Geoff - 08/09/2009 08:41:27 PM 1221 Views
Hitchickers guide to the galaxy and The Good earth by Pearl S. Buck Murtach74 - 09/09/2009 01:07:01 AM 1170 Views
Ah, man. I love both those books. *NM* nossy - 09/09/2009 08:08:00 PM 694 Views
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