Comments on: "Shaft" in Chaucerian English

"Shaft" in Chaucerian English

swift — Tue, 25 Oct 2005 06:12:20 -0800

Wha be tha blake prevy lawe
That bene wantoun too alle tha feres?
SHAFT!
Ya damne righte!

(Obligatory secondary links).

By: The White Hat

The White Hat — Tue, 25 Oct 2005 06:16:16 -0800

Hic est unus malus mater... Claude oram! Ero vocebam Shaft.

By: mds35

mds35 — Tue, 25 Oct 2005 06:28:02 -0800

badde mooder-swyver! heheheh.

By: Pollomacho

Pollomacho — Tue, 25 Oct 2005 06:31:36 -0800

No one understands him but his woman.

By: HuronBob

HuronBob — Tue, 25 Oct 2005 06:37:01 -0800

hwa se heolstorhof bisgu? fyi

By: languagehat

languagehat — Tue, 25 Oct 2005 06:41:01 -0800

Кто всегда выбивает десять из десяти? Не вопрос! Шафт! Кто выстоит в самой страшной заварухе и не знает, что такое страх? Шафт! Кто никогда не бросит в беде и беспощаден к злодеям? Конечно Шафт!

By: afroblanca

afroblanca — Tue, 25 Oct 2005 06:41:49 -0800

Isn't this what Roger Waters was saying at the end of Several Species of Small Furry Animals Gathered in a Cave and Grooving With a Pict?

By: alumshubby

alumshubby — Tue, 25 Oct 2005 06:42:38 -0800

Just how my daddy used to put it, down home, all them years ago...

By: alumshubby

alumshubby — Tue, 25 Oct 2005 06:45:02 -0800

Oh, and DaHjaj ghaH QaQ jaj Daq Hegh -- Shaft!

By: AspectRatio

AspectRatio — Tue, 25 Oct 2005 06:45:04 -0800

MetaFilter: badde mooder-swyver!

By: zsazsa

zsazsa — Tue, 25 Oct 2005 06:46:44 -0800

Шафт!

By: NinjaPirate

NinjaPirate — Tue, 25 Oct 2005 06:47:59 -0800

[quietly hates Chaucer]

By: Goofyy

Goofyy — Tue, 25 Oct 2005 07:08:30 -0800

afroblanca: You missed the word 'Together' in your song title. It's "...Gathered Together in a Cave..."

By: PlusDistance

PlusDistance — Tue, 25 Oct 2005 07:16:55 -0800

OK, but Beowulf could still kick his ass.

By: jonson

jonson — Tue, 25 Oct 2005 07:21:32 -0800

I'm gonna go with: meh.

By: swift

swift — Tue, 25 Oct 2005 07:32:41 -0800

How I hate the meh.

By: Pretty_Generic

Pretty_Generic — Tue, 25 Oct 2005 08:11:11 -0800

My best friend Pete did much of a Shaft Shakespeare with tha iambic. I miss that guy.

By: spock

spock — Tue, 25 Oct 2005 08:34:49 -0800

Language differences are funny

By: swift

swift — Tue, 25 Oct 2005 08:37:05 -0800

(via robotwisdom, btw)

By: dnash

dnash — Tue, 25 Oct 2005 08:55:03 -0800

Dude....he did "Freebird" too. And this foule ye conna chaunge. Tha Lorde konne, I conna chaunge.

By: fillsthepews

fillsthepews — Tue, 25 Oct 2005 12:59:06 -0800

Putting this on my Chaucer class wiki page right now. Thanks for this!

By: Smedleyman

Smedleyman — Tue, 25 Oct 2005 14:22:36 -0800

Excellent. I love Chaucer. It'd be interesting to retell Shaft as one of the Canterbury tales.

By: Lynsey

Lynsey — Wed, 26 Oct 2005 11:14:43 -0800

How do you say "Right On!" in olde English?