Sometimes it's the little things

[thatwasjen]

"In many ways, the jousting matches at the festival are conducted as they were in days of old...
And all conversations are carried on in early modern English, with Shakespearean tones and inflections."

Early modern English! Yes, precisely!

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[amalphiea]

Go Paul!

[amalphiea]

Well early modern something with southern accents.

[jousterdude]

YAY PAUL! 'Cuz that other Tim Sampson/Trystan guy is a real jerko!

[cozit]

It was Sports Team day where I work "today"... Guess which t-shirt I wore.

Sigh.. only one person noticed and commented on it all day. So I'm wondering if the kids didn't notice anything "odd" (and considering I've worn button-down blouses nearly every day....) or if everyone thought it was "normal".

[animadversio]

Yay for early modern English!

But I don't think anyone's gonna go for changing the name to the "Maryland Early Modern English Festival" ;-)

[starcat_jewel]

Heh. I had a bit of a disagreement with Russ last night, when I said that Shakespeare was written in Modern English (which it is, being after the Great Vowel Shift) and he interpreted "modern English" in its common-usage sense. "Early Modern English" was the agreed-on compromise.