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12-07-2006
| | | A Hall of Famer w/ STYLE
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Alright, I love studying etymology (the origin of words, in this case English words.) It's just really fun to read the process of evolution in most words and then putting your knowledge to the test and trying to "translate" some phrases in older forms of English.
try this:
"Obfuscatory lucubration is of nugatory efficacy." <-it's M.E., after Latin was introduced.
"Nu we scelolon herigean the heofonlican wuldorfaeder." <-OLD English.
"paet waes god cyning!" <-Old English
"This cok that lay upon the foxes bak, in al his drede unto the fox he spak, and saide, "Sire, if that I were as ye, yit sholde I sayn, as wis God helpe me, 'Turneth ayain, ye proude cherles alle! A verray pestilences upon you falle! Now am I come unto this wodes side, Maugree your heed, the cok shal here abide. I wol him ete, in faith, and that anoon.'" <-M.E. from Canterbury Tales. | 
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12-07-2006
| | | Is A Sexy Biatch
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I have no idea! Thats some tough shit right there. | |
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12-07-2006
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my teacher was talking about this but i had no idea what he was talking about..but it sounds cool and impossible to understand. | |
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12-07-2006
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"paet waes god cyning!" - He was good king. Know it because it is from Beowulf which I read for my English Lit class 
Old English is a pain in the ass.
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12-07-2006
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Originally Posted by Brutal Assassln  "paet waes god cyning!" - He was good king. Know it because it is from Beowulf which I read for my English Lit class
Old English is a pain in the ass. | lol, yeah. Haha! I read Beowulf this winter; it was interesting. 
Hint: In the Obfuscatory one, you can look everything up in the dictionary. | |
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12-07-2006
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i dont have patience for this
fuck it lol
im good in just about every other subject =P
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12-07-2006
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You are really number one in the hoob G, Sheik oh Mighty of Grammar 
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12-07-2006
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"This cock that lye upon thy fox's back, until the fox shall speak, sure I will hit it, I agree that your head, the cock shall stay here abide. I will eat it at noon."
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12-07-2006
| | | HighGuy
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wtf are you saying
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12-07-2006
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I did everything I could and couldnt decipher it, theres no way you can know what it means unless you dont look it up. I mean wow that looks like german.
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