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#137476 storyyeller Tue, 27th Mar '12 1:41:53 PM from Appleloosa

I loved Shakespeare in school.

Actually, Shakespeare is Early Modern English. Old English is completely incomprehensible.

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#137477 Purple Dalek Tue, 27th Mar '12 1:43:16 PM from the Moon

Eh. Doesn't stop Macbeth from kicking ass.

edited 27th Mar '12 1:43:22 PM by PurpleDalek

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#137478 crowlover Tue, 27th Mar '12 1:44:04 PM

Did Macbeth speak Gaelic or Old English?

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#137479 storyyeller Tue, 27th Mar '12 1:44:06 PM from Appleloosa

Wryd Sisters is better.

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#137480 ilsemmr Tue, 27th Mar '12 1:44:34 PM from Austin

I know right! Even early modern stuff has to be "translated" into comprehensible English by experts now. I know for a fact that Paradise Lost had to be reinterpreted for modern readers.

edited 27th Mar '12 1:44:50 PM by ilsemmr

#137481 Ace Of Scarabs Tue, 27th Mar '12 1:44:41 PM from Singapore

Could we channel the Ghost of Shakespeare and get him to write us a Pony episode?

Btw yeller, it's spelled Wyrd Sisters.

edited 27th Mar '12 1:45:30 PM by AceOfScarabs

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#137482 L Mage Tue, 27th Mar '12 1:45:07 PM from The Castle Of Highgarden

So! Can I get a repost of that clip Chad wanted me to watch? I was on my phone before and couldn't see i.

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#137483 Purple Dalek Tue, 27th Mar '12 1:45:15 PM from the Moon

Would he write it as a comedy or a tragedy?

edited 27th Mar '12 1:45:25 PM by PurpleDalek

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#137484 ilsemmr Tue, 27th Mar '12 1:46:20 PM from Austin

How to write a Pony episode in the Shakespeare fashion:

1. Title the episode for the name of a character. Bonus points if they're male.

2. Have the title character go mad (love, hate, vengeance, jealousy, etc)

3. The title character dies

But he would likely write a comedy. His comedies follow a specific format a lot less though.

edited 27th Mar '12 1:47:28 PM by ilsemmr

#137485 the Librarian Tue, 27th Mar '12 1:46:50 PM from his own little world

I'm guessing Old English is Chaucer-Era?

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#137486 Ace Of Scarabs Tue, 27th Mar '12 1:46:50 PM from Singapore

Books from the Forties had to be reinterpreted to account for slang drifting, even.

As for a Shakespeare pony episode, I'd like a farcical comedy thanks.

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#137487 storyyeller Tue, 27th Mar '12 1:47:12 PM from Appleloosa

Btw yeller, it's spelled Wyrd Sisters.

Thanks, I was wondering why it was a red link.

By the way, I just checked this point in the thread two weeks ago, and there were 13758 posts. Shame that we didn't manage to average over 1000 posts per day this time.

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#137488 crowlover Tue, 27th Mar '12 1:47:21 PM

I think Macbeth is a pretty cool guy. Seh trolls the protagonist with prophecies and doesn't afraid of anything.

@Ace Before mid-11th century. Then came the French and we got Middle English

edited 27th Mar '12 1:51:12 PM by crowlover

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#137489 storyyeller Tue, 27th Mar '12 1:48:28 PM from Appleloosa

I'm guessing Old English is Chaucer-Era?

No that's Middle English. Beowulf is Old English.

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#137490 Ace Of Scarabs Tue, 27th Mar '12 1:51:03 PM from Singapore

@crowlover: I was more referring to a book by this guy named Irving Wallace, Sunday Gentleman, which was written with amazingly archaic-sounding language even in the time period of world war 2. Seriously, language evolves fast.

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#137491 Japanese Teeth Tue, 27th Mar '12 1:51:07 PM from Meinong's jungle

Yeah, Old English only vaguely resembles modern English. I mean, I'm a fluent English speaker and I can barely make heads or tails of this.

Also, if Shakespeare wrote an episode it would definitely involve cross-dressing somehow.

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#137492 Chadaman 99 Tue, 27th Mar '12 1:52:05 PM

"So! Can I get a repost of that clip Chad wanted me to watch? I was on my phone before and couldn't see i. "

edited 27th Mar '12 1:53:37 PM by Chadaman99

#137493 storyyeller Tue, 27th Mar '12 1:52:42 PM from Appleloosa

I think that was already posted.

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#137494 Ace Of Scarabs Tue, 27th Mar '12 1:54:51 PM from Singapore

@Jteeth: like Pip or Big Mac being forced to wear a dress for some reason?

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#137495 ilsemmr Tue, 27th Mar '12 1:56:56 PM from Austin

I still re-watched the preview... at this pace, I will have seen a particular scene so many times that it will start getting annoying XD

And yes, he sure does that a lot. It was especially useful when he wanted to show a young girl dressed in tight men's clothing...

edited 27th Mar '12 1:57:50 PM by ilsemmr

#137496 crowlover Tue, 27th Mar '12 1:57:16 PM

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edited 27th Mar '12 1:57:35 PM by crowlover

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#137497 Purple Dalek Tue, 27th Mar '12 1:58:17 PM from the Moon

Methinks, Will had a fetish.

edited 27th Mar '12 1:58:33 PM by PurpleDalek

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#137498 L Mage Tue, 27th Mar '12 1:58:47 PM from The Castle Of Highgarden

Sweet!

Did anyone else notice the call back to The Pilot?

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#137499 Red Savant Tue, 27th Mar '12 2:01:57 PM from Eastern US

@Ilse: I have no objections to young women in tight-fitting men's clothing. Viola? Hello.

^I didn't, no. There was one?

edited 27th Mar '12 2:02:16 PM by RedSavant

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#137500 storyyeller Tue, 27th Mar '12 2:02:11 PM from Appleloosa

What callback? I didn't watch the video.

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