[B-Greek] Definitions and educational value
Carl Conrad
cwconrad2 at mac.com
Fri Feb 26 09:26:44 EST 2010
On Feb 26, 2010, at 8:41 AM, Carl Conrad wrote:
> On Feb 26, 2010, at 8:03 AM, Mark Lightman wrote:
> \
>> τριτον εγαψας
>> a third time you egrapsed
>>
>> <I did not see anyone, American or other English
>> native speaker, to communicate
>> in Shakespearean English even as and exercise.>
>>
>> I used to think this too, in my salad days, when
>> I was green in judgment. Remember that much
>> of what I say is strange. Therefore as a stranger
>> give it welcome. As one guy said to me off-list:
>> "Your posts remind me of the tale told by the
>> proverbial IDIWTHS--they are full of sound and
>> fury but they signify nothing." Another said:
>> "Lightman, your posts are too long. More matter
>> and less art, please." One guy said "When I
>> read your e-missives that seem to go on and on
>> without making much of a point, I say 'Be not
>> so long to speak. I long to die.'" To which
>> I said, "Seems? Nay, 'tis I know not 'seems...'"
>>
>> Stuff like that. :)
>
> Remember the lines from "Kiss Me, Kate"?
>
> "Brush UP your Shakespeare -- Start QUOTing him now!"
Lyrics at: http://www.stlyrics.com/lyrics/kissmekate/brushupyourshakespeare.htm
It's really pretty funny. It was Shakespeare, was it not, who wrote:
"To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:
A time for levity ... "
>
> It hath been said, and I do myself believe 'tis true, that phraseology of
> the English Bible in the KJV and of Shakespearean plays affects the
> language spoken and written by English-speakers far beyond what
> they are conscious of. It is impossible to estimate properly the impact
> of the classics of a nation's literature on the way its people speak and
> write. To speak, to write: 'tis a consummation devoutly to be wished.
>
> Carl W. Conrad\
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