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14 years 3 months ago #12868
by millkins
I can't swim. I can't drive, either. I was going to learn to drive but then I thought, well, what if I crash into a lake?
Replied by millkins on topic Re:Shakespeare
I like Hamlet the best (but I really haven't read that many so I can't say there isn't any 
As for poems I have tried reading them some years ago and I ended up confused (they were written in an older version of English (my roommate was studding English) so I couldn't really understand it very well.
As for poems I have tried reading them some years ago and I ended up confused (they were written in an older version of English (my roommate was studding English) so I couldn't really understand it very well.
I can't swim. I can't drive, either. I was going to learn to drive but then I thought, well, what if I crash into a lake?
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14 years 3 months ago #12880
by Envy
Replied by Envy on topic Re:Shakespeare
millkins wrote:
Ahh I have problems reading some Shakespearean poetry without researching some of the words etc..But I think I prefer things being that way, seeing as the effect of some words/phrases are lost in 'translation'..I'd much prefer to read the original and research.
I like Hamlet the best (but I really haven't read that many so I can't say there isn't any
As for poems I have tried reading them some years ago and I ended up confused (they were written in an older version of English (my roommate was studding English) so I couldn't really understand it very well.
Ahh I have problems reading some Shakespearean poetry without researching some of the words etc..But I think I prefer things being that way, seeing as the effect of some words/phrases are lost in 'translation'..I'd much prefer to read the original and research.
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14 years 3 months ago #12884
by millkins
I can't swim. I can't drive, either. I was going to learn to drive but then I thought, well, what if I crash into a lake?
Replied by millkins on topic Re:Shakespeare
Yes you are right but as English for my second language it is a bit harder than I expected. One day, maybe I'll get the hang of it, I don't wanna read it in Serbian 
I can't swim. I can't drive, either. I was going to learn to drive but then I thought, well, what if I crash into a lake?
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14 years 3 months ago #12912
by Morgana
Replied by Morgana on topic Re:Shakespeare
Envy wrote:
I find that happens with Jane Austen as well. I have a pretty good vocabulary, but there's the odd word here and there which I have to look up. I can imagine there would be even more in Shakespeare, since his work is that much older than Austen's. Funny how language evolves over time...
millkins wrote:
I like Hamlet the best (but I really haven't read that many so I can't say there isn't any
As for poems I have tried reading them some years ago and I ended up confused (they were written in an older version of English (my roommate was studding English) so I couldn't really understand it very well.
Ahh I have problems reading some Shakespearean poetry without researching some of the words etc..But I think I prefer things being that way, seeing as the effect of some words/phrases are lost in 'translation'..I'd much prefer to read the original and research.
I find that happens with Jane Austen as well. I have a pretty good vocabulary, but there's the odd word here and there which I have to look up. I can imagine there would be even more in Shakespeare, since his work is that much older than Austen's. Funny how language evolves over time...
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14 years 3 months ago #12968
by Envy
Replied by Envy on topic Re:Shakespeare
Morgana wrote:
But reading something with the original language does have a nice, authentic-periodic effect. With things like Jane Austen, it allows you to really get into the text..I remember a friend who got so absorbed in Jane Austens that she began talking in a different manner. :woohoo:
Envy wrote:
millkins wrote:
I like Hamlet the best (but I really haven't read that many so I can't say there isn't any
As for poems I have tried reading them some years ago and I ended up confused (they were written in an older version of English (my roommate was studding English) so I couldn't really understand it very well.
Ahh I have problems reading some Shakespearean poetry without researching some of the words etc..But I think I prefer things being that way, seeing as the effect of some words/phrases are lost in 'translation'..I'd much prefer to read the original and research.
I find that happens with Jane Austen as well. I have a pretty good vocabulary, but there's the odd word here and there which I have to look up. I can imagine there would be even more in Shakespeare, since his work is that much older than Austen's. Funny how language evolves over time...
But reading something with the original language does have a nice, authentic-periodic effect.
With things like Jane Austen, it allows you to really get into the text..I remember a friend who got so absorbed in Jane Austens that she began talking in a different manner. :woohoo: Please Log in or Create an account to join the conversation.
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