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  • From: K Randolph <kwrandolph AT gmail.com>
  • To: Randall Buth <randallbuth AT gmail.com>
  • Cc: B-Hebrew <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Practical comparison and separation of modern and biblical Hebrew
  • Date: Thu, 6 Oct 2011 11:49:49 -0700

Randall:

On Wed, Oct 5, 2011 at 5:09 AM, Randall Buth <randallbuth AT gmail.com> wrote:

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> The problem for both the Russian who learns only Shakespearian English and
>> the modern English speaking person, is that both are learning Shakespearian
>> English as a second language. As such, neither will learn Shakespearian
>> English as well as a native speaker who lived during Shakespeare’s time.
>>
>> The question comes up, who can have a better capacity to recognize a
>> forgery produced by a modern speaker trying to emulate Shakespearian
>> English? The Russian speaker who knows only Shakespearian English, or the
>> modern speaker for whom any deviation from Shakespearian English will be
>> unconsciously familiar to him from modern English?
>>
>
> Well, in the above discussion on אני הולך it was the 'Russian' who
> incorrectly cried 'foul'.
>

Curious: in what way did the Russian incorrectly cry “foul”? What was
incorrect? Do you have Biblical examples to back up how it was wrong?

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> Karl W. Randolph.




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