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mbt
Aug 13, 2012

halfway through, it's a blast so far

I'm very bad at understanding middle english so I mostly just read the translated armitage version, but you better believe I read every middle english 'wheel' section aloud

it really is a beautiful poem

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mbt
Aug 13, 2012

huh I didn't know that. I suppose that's the literary equivalent of george lucas adding in special effects to update his movies. Someone thought "you know what this needs? a lovely lot of alliteration".

regardless its a blast to read aloud, middle english feels like this weird welsh/german amalgamation

e: and when I say feels I mean the way the words form in your mouth

mbt fucked around with this message at 18:37 on Dec 12, 2017

mbt
Aug 13, 2012

finished it in both modern english and a reread in middle english. Amazing story, a+ pick all around.

I can't help but me sad when thinking of how much other literature has been lost to time. Thanks to the rich dude who preserved this for centuries.

Hieronymous Alloy posted:

Hope everyone is still enjoying this but it's time to start gathering suggestions for next month!

confederacy of dunces? I'm mostly suggesting that because it's next on my list :shobon:

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