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And lo on Wed, 18 Jun 2008 14:42:25 +0100, Stephen <mcavoysAT@aolDOTcom>
did spake, saying:
> On Wed, 18 Jun 2008 09:24:04 +0100, "Phil Cook"
> <phi### [at] nospamrocain freeserve co uk> wrote:
>
>> and to which modern
>> readers would be going "Huh?"
>
> Do you think so?
In this particular instance something like 'My Lord doth doff his cap' I
think it was just an attempt to show that unless you lived at that time
and in that culture you can't truely appreciate the plays to their fullest.
> It is subtle by his lights, try from Midsummer Nights Dream.
>
> THISBY. O wall, full often hast thou beard my moans,
> For parting my fair Pyramus and me!
> My cherry lips have often kiss'd thy stones,
> Thy stones with lime and hair knit up in thee.
> …
>
> THISBY. I kiss the wall's hole, not your lips at all.
and of course almost anything that Mercutio utters in R&J :-)
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Phil Cook
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I once tried to be apathetic, but I just couldn't be bothered
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