From: "Stephen C. Carlson" <scarlson AT mindspring.com>
To: Biblical Hebrew <b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
Subject: RE: OFF TOPIC Modern Hebrew question
Date: Sat, 18 May 2002 16:50:03 -0400
At 02:34 PM 5/17/2002 -0400, Jim West wrote:
>one question-- what on earth does MODERN english have to do with
>shakespeare? he didnt write modern english. who cares if someone can read
>modern english if they are teaching russian students. they would want to
>read middle english wouldnt they- if they wished to read billy's stuff and
>modern english and middle english are leagues apart!
Huh? Shakespeare is not written in Middle English.