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Speaking of that book Larry Send a noteboard - 18/01/2010 04:32:42 AM
Poetry really can't and shouldn't be translated. It has so much to do with the SOUND of words that it is best in its original language. Of course, most people reading it in Middle English will still end up applying a pronunciation that is similar to modern English, but it's closer and better.

I finally finished Monte Cristo, by the way. Why would anyone ever want to read it a second time?


I've come to the conclusion (after finishing it this afternoon) that the book is pornographic in a totally non-sex-filled way.
Illusions fall like the husk of a fruit, one after another, and the fruit is experience. - Narrator, Sylvie

Je suis méchant.
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/Other Literature: Canterbury Tales - 17/01/2010 10:58:16 PM 4923 Views
The only way to read it is in the original. Most of it is poetry. - 18/01/2010 12:14:03 AM 1397 Views
if you can't manage the middle english, though - 18/01/2010 01:20:37 AM 1359 Views
How can any intelligent person who knows modern English "not manage" Middle English? *NM* - 18/01/2010 03:31:35 AM 784 Views
How can any intelligent person who can manage Middle English not be bored to death reading it? *NM* - 18/01/2010 04:29:39 AM 846 Views
Well... - 18/01/2010 04:31:47 AM 1497 Views
Taste is highly subjective, that's why. - 18/01/2010 01:36:52 PM 1377 Views
Fair enough. I find it excruciatingly boring. *shrugs* *NM* - 18/01/2010 02:56:34 PM 735 Views
Speaking of that book - 18/01/2010 04:32:42 AM 1382 Views
Re: The only way to read it is in the original. Most of it is poetry. - 18/01/2010 07:53:05 AM 1434 Views
I remember being really surprised by the Canterbury Tales in high school. - 18/01/2010 01:18:56 AM 1373 Views
I always loved that book - 18/01/2010 01:21:25 AM 1402 Views
I don't associate Penguin Classics with their modern desecrations. - 18/01/2010 01:46:15 AM 1455 Views
What's the deal with Penguin Classics? - 18/01/2010 01:37:58 PM 1246 Views
Re: What's the deal with Penguin Classics? - 18/01/2010 04:10:53 PM 1420 Views
There is no sixth Hitchhiker book. - 18/01/2010 04:48:40 PM 1266 Views
Re: There is no sixth Hitchhiker book. - 18/01/2010 04:49:39 PM 1276 Views
Re: I like Eoin Colfer! - 18/01/2010 10:20:57 AM 1287 Views
Re: I like Eoin Colfer! - 18/01/2010 10:22:11 AM 1292 Views
You know, there's this huge problem with using rabid animals - 18/01/2010 10:20:37 PM 1297 Views
Re: Threaten, people, threaten! - 19/01/2010 01:29:16 PM 1405 Views
I bought a bilingual edition (Middle and modern English), might have to read it at some point... *NM* - 18/01/2010 04:50:53 PM 716 Views
Technically, that's not bilingual. - 20/01/2010 01:36:55 AM 1273 Views
I wouldn't count on Tim supporting you... - 20/01/2010 12:54:05 PM 1310 Views
I'm happy to say I first read this post in the original language . - 18/01/2010 10:42:41 PM 1463 Views
Well done. *NM* - 18/01/2010 10:44:51 PM 725 Views

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