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- From: grendel@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (Jack Horkheimer: Star Hustler)
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- Subject: Re: Costner's accent in PofT (was Re: Most Overrated Actor/Actress
- Date: 30 Dec 1992 03:15:21 GMT
- Organization: The Church of Pat
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- References: <78753@hydra.gatech.EDU> <1hl7kaINNcu9@uwm.edu> <1992Dec28.162413.4104@psych.toronto.edu>
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- In article <1992Dec28.162413.4104@psych.toronto.edu> gswan@psych.toronto.edu (George Swan) writes:
- *Excuse me, have you ever heard someone read aloud Geoffrey Chaucer's
- *"Canterbury Tales" in the original. They are almost incomprehensible
- *because English has evolved so much from the twelth Century. I believe
- *the "Canterbury Tales" were written within a hundred years or so of the
- *reign of King John. If the actors had used 12th century english, the
- *film would have had to be sub-titled in contemporary english.
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