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Writing Archaic English - William Morris style
Hello. First time here.
I am looking for a single book that describes how to write archaic english, ie...
"...but that saying liked him not, and it befell that he waxed exceeding wroth..."
Don't care how much the book costs or how old it is.
So far I have been following the old method of reading all the Shakespeare, Milton, Chaucer, and William Morris I can and memorizing the glosses...
Rather addictive, but a writer can't be reading all the time.
Hopefully there is an easier way for a lazy american.
Any ideas?
Thanks
I am looking for a single book that describes how to write archaic english, ie...
"...but that saying liked him not, and it befell that he waxed exceeding wroth..."
Don't care how much the book costs or how old it is.
So far I have been following the old method of reading all the Shakespeare, Milton, Chaucer, and William Morris I can and memorizing the glosses...
Rather addictive, but a writer can't be reading all the time.
Hopefully there is an easier way for a lazy american.
Any ideas?
Thanks
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[nq:1]Hello. First time here. [/nq] Just study old literature.
- [nq:1]Hello.
- First time here.
- [/nq] Just study old literature.
- " and jumble into continental word order "With this ring I thee wed" Give preferance to using Saxon and Norman words even more than purely latinate ones("closeness", not "proximity"), and pay special attention to the age of the words you use("streamline" is a very young word, and "okay", however common, is less than two centuries old, and has only been usual in Britain for 70 years).
- ~Iain
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[nq:1]Hello. First time here. I am looking for a single book that describes how to write archaic english, ie...[/nq]
Just study old literature.
Basic rules: Simplify "Have you got the ring" becomes either "Do you have the ring" or "Have you the ring?" and jumble into continental word order "With this ring I thee wed" Give preferance to using Saxon and Norman words even more than purely lat
Just study old literature.
Basic rules: Simplify "Have you got the ring" becomes either "Do you have the ring" or "Have you the ring?" and jumble into continental word order "With this ring I thee wed" Give preferance to using Saxon and Norman words even more than purely lat
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