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 Message 2683 
 Kurt Weiske to Mike Powell 
 Re: When reality is surreal, 
 13 May 22 08:22:00 
 
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-=> Mike Powell wrote to AUGUST ABOLINS <=-

 MP> They are very old and if you get one that is not translated from the
 MP> Old English it can be difficult to understand some of them.

 I watched a YouTube video about the evolution of English as it
 pertained to Shakespeare's plays. Some of the dialog, which seems a
 little cumbersome, had a much more fluid feel when you pronounce the
 words as they were pronounced when written.

 It's intriguing to think of language drift, and how our languages
 will sound in a couple of hundred years.




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