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Davefromthefreeway Posted 19 years ago
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Does this sound anything like old english?
0 Hello, could anyone fix my semi-old english paragraph? Thank you... 02 br
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00 O, glorious and almighty Zeus! I madly seek your holy guidance 02 br
00 For I am in the state of horror and confusion, 02 br
00 Lost and asking for assistance. 02 br
00 The village of Thebes has befouled with a wicked plague 02 br
00 And the killer of Laius must be brought to his knees- I am blamed 02 br
00 To be that killer, Creon and Tiresias conspire with unholy deeds, 02 br
00 As they want me off my throne, 02 br
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00 O, glorious and almighty Zeus! I madly seek your holy guidance 02 br
00 For I am in the state of horror and confusion, 02 br
00 Lost and asking for assistance. 02 br
00 The village of Thebes has befouled with a wicked plague 02 br
00 And the killer of Laius must be brought to his knees- I am blamed 02 br
00 To be that killer, Creon and Tiresias conspire with unholy deeds, 02 br
00 As they want me off my throne, 02 br
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0 Hi Dave, 02 br
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00 There are some folks here who are experts in this, but no, this is nothing like "Old English," nor like "Middle English." It simply has a literary feel. 0-
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00 There are some folks here who are experts in this, but no, this is nothing like "Old English," nor like "Middle English." It simply has a literary feel. 0-
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0 00 Could anyone at least try to make it sound closer to Middle English? It doesn't have to be even close to perfect, just something that will sound better. 02 br
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0 Dave, look up the Canterbury Tales on Google - you'll see that when you read it, it's very difficult and very different from modern English. 02 br
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00 Perhaps you would be better off reading some verses from the King James bible, which hath words like doth and cometh. Perhaps that's more of what you're looking for? 0-
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00 Perhaps you would be better off reading some verses from the King James bible, which hath words like doth and cometh. Perhaps that's more of what you're looking for? 0-
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0 00 This is a tiny assignment thats due tomorrow, so 02 br
00 I wont have time afterwards. I was just thinking that maybe someone could make 02 br
00 it sound a little prettier, thats all. Thanks anyway and for the future, yes, I 02 br
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00 I wont have time afterwards. I was just thinking that maybe someone could make 02 br
00 it sound a little prettier, thats all. Thanks anyway and for the future, yes, I 02 br
00 will look it up on Canterbury Tales. 00 0-
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0 I'm sure someone could make it sound a lot prettier, but then you'd be handing in someone else's work and calling it your own. That's called plagiarism, and you can get yourself into a lot of trouble for it. 02 br
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0 You need to start thinking of Old English as virtually a different language to modern English. Middle English is more recognisable but still very different. Your piece isn't really similar to either of those, it's more of a Victorian poetical style. If you want a good reference book about the development of English that is not too academic then I can recommend 'The Adventure of English' by Melv
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