From: Michael S. Lorrey (retroman@turbont.net)
Date: Fri Jul 28 2000 - 09:24:12 MDT
Gina Miller wrote:
>
> Actually I had an advanced class specifically on the study of Shakespeare
> and his works when I was in high school. My teacher explained that his
> written diction was embellished, and that common folk were not speaking so
> eloquently. (thee and thou art etc.) I don't know how valid that is, but I
> had asked her about it, and that was her answer.
Ok. THough I'm sure talking Valley Girl in Elizabethan England would have gotten
you some stares of confusion and fear...
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