I bought the Bard's English at the Ren Symposium in Palo Alto, California in January. I've learned much more from it than I had from any other source. As a...
Anna: Welcome, and thank you for that wonderful letter. Finding it in my email made my day! I had never thought of how this sort of knowledge might help those...
First the quote... Don't ask me what got me going on this, but: exactly why are some words considered profanity? I mean, why do people get all knotted up when...
Why are some words "obscene" and others acceptable? That's a very interesting question. During the Middle Ages and Renaissance, those words you mention had...
... You did answer the question. My initial theory was incorrect and you helped clear that up and added some more knowledge on top of it. You went far beyond...
All I can say is: wow. My thanks to wdjennings. I'm impressed -- that is probably the most exhaustive study of a single word that I've ever seen. To anyone...
... I know when I write in Elizabethan, I always use the period words in the way they were meant to be spoken. I think it takes readers on an adventure into...
... I know when I write in Elizabethan, I always use the period words in the way they were meant to be spoken. I think it takes readers on an adventure into...
Hello all, :) I finally got to the Santa Barbara, CA library and looked at an old Shakespeare pronunciation book entitled: Shakespeare's pronunciation, a...
(to the tune of 'America the Beautiful) "Upon thy brow, Cloudcuckooland, A crown of praise we set Where Wisdom strolls with sweet Desire (Don't count your...
Sorry, wdj, but my Greek is pretty much limited to the etymological kind. I could throw a guess at that pronunciation, but I'd be more likely wrong than ...
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Nov 23, 2005 3:52 pm
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Greetings, My name is Mel (short for Melanie) and I volunteer with the Washington Renaissance Fantasy Faire near Gig Harbor, WA. I'm looking forward to ...
Greetings, Please forgive if this is a duplicate message. My name is Mel, short for Melanie. I volunteer with the Washington Renaissance Fantasy Faire in Gig...
hi Mel, welcome--- my various dictionaries give a description of 'crapulous' that sounds close to 'hung over' as you might get. Crapulent, crapulous,...
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Feb 1, 2006 5:55 am
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Hello. I found a link to this group through tarvalon.net and became very interested. I have a huge interest in language and it's development (I am hoping for a...
i was just thinking...we use the word ridiculous to describe something that we riducule. wouldn't it be more appropriate to say it is ridiculable or some such?...
hello, i read some exerpts from the bard's english yesterday and I WANT THAT BOOK! it sounds so interesting. though, i have one problem, i don't have nor do...
I got mine from Grand Garb. I made my order via phone with a credit card. http://www.grannd.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=SFNT&Store_Code=GS ... From:...
I heard that there will be a CD to go with "The Bard's English" and wanted to know how progress was going with it? Will it teach any accents that are commonly...
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