Comments on: Comic strips translated into Middle English.

Comic strips translated into Middle English.

Kattullus — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 05:14:41 -0800

Japes for Owre Tymes is a blog that translates one newspaper comic strip a day into Middle English. "Why? Because it can..." If you want to try reading the translated strips but need a bit of help here's a Middle English dictionary.

By: DU

DU — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 05:20:50 -0800

Sure, $5 billion *sounds* like a lot, but once you got rocket mules into production economies of scale would bring the price down. This sounds like a good investment to me.

By: DU

DU — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 05:21:11 -0800

HI I'M FROM METAFILTER AND I COULD POST A COMMENT ON THE WRONG PLATE OF BEANS

By: milestogo

milestogo — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 05:35:34 -0800

Well, anyway, this website is awesome.

By: kcds

kcds — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 05:51:55 -0800

Funnier in theory than in practice, IMHO. But it is a very funny concept, I'll grant you.

By: East Manitoba Regional Junior Kabaddi Champion '94

East Manitoba Regional Junior Kabaddi Champion '94 — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 06:15:26 -0800

Geoffrey Chaucer Hath A Blog

By: languagehat

languagehat — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 06:56:20 -0800

Funnier in theory than in practice Yeah, I have to admit my anticipatory smile waned as I made my way down the page. But Chaucer's Blog is þe reall deale!

By: tommasz

tommasz — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 07:21:05 -0800

You have to admit it does remove some of the lame from a comic like Marvin.

By: Sys Rq

Sys Rq — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 07:34:45 -0800

Funnier in theory than in practice It might help if the comics were funny to begin with. But the commentary is worth it.

By: bettafish

bettafish — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 07:54:18 -0800

It would be funnier if it were in Old English, I think. Or if the strips were Calvin and Hobbes.

By: batmonkey

batmonkey — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 10:47:43 -0800

Middle is so close to modern that it's basically still unfunny and is then rendered pretentious. The commentary is more interesting, however.

By: soundofsuburbia

soundofsuburbia — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 10:59:00 -0800

I like this post both in theory and in practice, but what I like most about it is that I've now read the first link as "Japanese for Owl Tires" about seven times and each an every time I've been like "hooray, I'm also for Owl Tires!" and "what the hell is an Owl Tire?" at the same time.

By: Lacking Subtlety

Lacking Subtlety — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 11:20:19 -0800

I laughed at "WHY HAST THO FORSAKEN ME?"

By: Smedleyman

Smedleyman — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 12:11:30 -0800

I enjoy this stuff (lousy at it tho). When I was in collich I took a course in Chaucer and we had to learn to speak middle English a bit. And I'm getting tested in this professors office on it (speaking it) and I'm thinking (fresh out of the military) I can drive, fly, jump, shoot, I've been places this guy's never even heard of, been in charge of multimillion dollar operations with lives at stake - why the hell do I have to learn middle English from some cowtown professor when it can't possibly be of any real use to me? So I asked him. And he said "Because it's so cool." And really, it is. Plus, y'know, learning the roots of words and developing an ear for what you're saying and as a result thinking. So it gives you a real depth of thought. And he knew that. But still - 100% right thing to say to me at that time.

By: Sidhedevil

Sidhedevil — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 13:15:46 -0800

Hwaet?

By: Smedleyman

Smedleyman — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 13:19:02 -0800

Treuth, Fyfe billion in mynte gold certeyn soundis a myght of moneye assembled, but be ay redy, ye shul assaye fortune by wey of somme goynge shitel bestes. I wull make money off my javeloth oxyn to kepe with my promys. (For right as men blamen an auaricious man by cause of his scarsitee and chyncherie, in the same wise is he to blame that spendeth ouer largely.)

By: MNDZ

MNDZ — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 09:48:30 -0800

high five