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To: Supernatural; RockinRight; Maximus_Ridiculousness

"Bifel that in that seson on a day,
In Southwerk at the Tabard as I lay
Redy to wenden on my pilgrymage
To Caunterbury with ful devout corage,
At nyght was come into that hostelrye
Wel nyne and twenty in a compaignye
Of sondry folk, by aventure yfalle
In felaweshipe, and pilgrimes were they alle,
That toward Caunterbury wolden ryde."

from Chaucer's "Canterbury Tales."

That's what Middle English sounds like.


704 posted on 03/18/2006 8:36:58 PM PST by pcottraux (It's pronounced "P. Coe-troe.")
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To: pcottraux

like reading the King James Version of the Bible, I just don't understand the language


712 posted on 03/18/2006 8:40:04 PM PST by TheresaKett
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To: pcottraux

Middle English doesn't seem too far off from Scottish.


726 posted on 03/18/2006 8:46:00 PM PST by Supernatural (When they come a wull staun ma groon, Staun ma groon al nae be afraid)
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To: pcottraux
My day was not too exciting.

Had to put a new belt on the blower in the furnace(I changed the motor Monday, and found out that the old belt that LOOKED "perfect" was really ready to go any second). It took about 30 seconds to change it. Now, the old girl(as in 1978 ) should be ok for awhile---and it is getting COLD here, so that is a plus!!

I had planned to go to an Estes auction in Medina, (about 200 miles north of me) but the guy I was planning to ride with pulled out, and I didn't want to drive this time(gas is too expensive, etc.) I will probably find out he went anyway, and lied to me. It HAS happened before, in this case(the auction) and many other cases, since i have been a kid.

Had an average work week, nothing bad happened, just a LOT of lifting and road-calls(with the owner along.

The girls are getting ready to watch "yours, mine and ours"(the remake) and I may join them.

727 posted on 03/18/2006 8:46:21 PM PST by Rca2000 ("How can I tell you if something is "safe" if I don't know what you are referring to?")
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