It's monolingual with two chronologically divergent readings. I'm sure Tim could come up with a better term for exactly how to describe it. Perhaps "monolingual duachronic parallel edition"?
If he considers "ebonics" as a separate language, methinks he ought to do the same with Middle English. After all, there are a number of modern language pairs that are no more different from each other than Middle English and contemporary English. So "bilingual" seems like a good way of describing it.
/Other Literature: Canterbury Tales
17/01/2010 10:58:16 PM
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The only way to read it is in the original. Most of it is poetry.
18/01/2010 12:14:03 AM
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if you can't manage the middle english, though
18/01/2010 01:20:37 AM
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How can any intelligent person who knows modern English "not manage" Middle English? *NM*
18/01/2010 03:31:35 AM
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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
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Re: The only way to read it is in the original. Most of it is poetry.
18/01/2010 07:53:05 AM
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I remember being really surprised by the Canterbury Tales in high school.
18/01/2010 01:18:56 AM
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I don't associate Penguin Classics with their modern desecrations.
18/01/2010 01:46:15 AM
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What's the deal with Penguin Classics?
18/01/2010 01:37:58 PM
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Re: What's the deal with Penguin Classics?
18/01/2010 04:10:53 PM
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There's much love for the Penguin Classics on my part. It makes my textbooks cost about 10 cents.
18/01/2010 09:45:26 PM
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Re: I like Eoin Colfer!
18/01/2010 10:20:57 AM
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Re: I like Eoin Colfer!
18/01/2010 10:22:11 AM
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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
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Technically, that's not bilingual.
20/01/2010 01:36:55 AM
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I wouldn't count on Tim supporting you...
20/01/2010 12:54:05 PM
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I'm happy to say I first read this post in the original language .
18/01/2010 10:42:41 PM
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