SC - igrounden

[CBlackwill at aol.com]

In a message dated 4/26/00 2:56:18 PM Pacific Daylight Time, 
baronsig at peganet.com writes:

>    Always bear in mind that the written and spoken form of english were
>  identical; I believe it was the Bishop of Durham in the 12th century who
>  astounded his compatriots by not moving his lips when he read! I look at 
the
>  initial i- or y- as sort of the 'ayuh' new england accent. If you say it 
out
>  loud, and remember that you're reading it as they spoke it, suddenly it
>  makes a lot more sense. Especially if you go slow and repeat it a few 
times.
>  

I had the interesting occasion to hear the same story by Chaucer read in both 
modern English and Middle English.  It was fascinating to hear how musical 
the ME was, in comparison to the Modern version.  The meter makes a whole lot 
more sense when done in the original ME.

Balthazar of Blackmoor

Words are Trains for moving past what really has no Name.