The Use of Archaic Language

"Agree, do I", said Yoda.

 

Shhh. Thou shalt not divulge writing secrets. :laugh:

 

That is why papal bulls are in latin, why the Mass I attend is also in latin. It is a dead language and therefore the usage of the words do not change...as in say English....example the word "gay" has been corrupted from the initial usage of having a jolly old kneesup or the person was of a light heart to its commonplace usage in today's society.

There is pros and cons for such but I tend to support the pros. Of course in the case of papal bulls etc. they are translated to the vulgar language of the masses (vox populi), therefore, can on occasion have misinterpreted meanings.:tonofbricks:

 

Can you understand Latin?

 

Id be lost because I wouldn't know what a helm is.......helmet yes/helm know. Maybe that's why I use NKJ...I cant stand all those thee's and thou's.:tonofbricks:

 

How durst thee! My countenance hast fallen at the words thou hast spoken in mine ears! Didst thou even knowest how enflamed men might be? Whereunto have thou gaddest from? Mine anger shall wax greatly whilst others burneth withal. Know ye this : whithersoever thou goest it shall not be safe for thee. You have fretted me in all these things.

 

J.R.R. Tolkien is one of my favorite authors. In a conversation with C.S. Lewis (who Tolkien led to Christ), Tolkien pointed at a tree and said, "What is that?"
"A tree," responded Lewis.
"Yes, that tells me what it is called, but it doesn't tell me what it is."
(My paraphrasing) (And supposedly the history behind "Treebeard" and the "Ent" language.)

Tolkien understood that something's' moniker did not describe it. He knew that to understand the word "tree", you needed to know more about the object. It was with this mindset he and Lewis wrote their novels, Lord of the Rings and the Chronicles of Narnia, respectively. They wanted to create a readable story, that would give subtle hints and references to the Bible. (Lewis was less subtle about it)

 

Tuffith! If they might be enflamed then goith to the nearith lake and jumpith in itith.:laugh: I don't careith:smilewinkgrin:

 

Then there is still my trusty NIV!

 

How durst you! I didst not sayeth anything which wouldest have addled thyself so. Perhaps thou mayest discover a pier closeth-by and by it immerse in thy full raiments.

(Hey this is fun. What sport!)

 

Alas no large body of water exists in the abode in Jersey....but allthings are ready, if our minds be so. Perish man whosemind is backward now!

Thou dost wish more help from England, coz?
God's will,my liege! Would you and I alone, without more help, could fight this royal battle!

Why, now thou hath unwished five thousand men!

Which likes me better than to wish us one.

Youknow your places. God be with you all!


Shakespeare's Henry V (written for Elizabethan England). Modern day 21st century--not so much.

 

I'm really tempted to report that last post just to confuse the moderator. :saint:

 

Forsooth!

Have you located the King Jimmy Felone version yet? It's written in Nort Joysey

Greet dem guyz in Christ Jesus. Dees guyz who are wid me greet youse.
Philippians 4:21

 

The only language I ever really attempted to learn was Esperanto and Saxon English when I was a youngster.

Elizabethan English is gorgeous in its loquacity and its insults, so much more inventive than today's mean cadre.

 

Right. How often does one get threatened to have their pate crowned, today?

 

We are also proficient in one very old 4 letter Anglo Saxon word. Hint, starting letter is the 6th one from da alpha bet.

Oh and nobody from Jersey says Joisey....that's ignorant. We do borrow from the Welsh longbowmans hand signal to the French...that's done quite often.:love2:

 

Isn't that redundant? :tonofbricks: The sixth letter and the longbow connected often while operating a motor vehicle. I learned that driving in DC one summer.

 

Compound bows are in vogue these days.....however moving around orange traffic cones on the GW has its place (in NJ).