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From:BP Jonsson <bpj@...>
Date:Wednesday, May 24, 2000, 19:12
 >
 > Roger Mills wrote:
 >
 > > >Disclaimmer: "Troo, y tolk uv dremze; wich ar dha chiljrin uv an idle
 > > brane,
 > > >beegot uv nuththenge but vane fantucee; wich iz az thin uv substuns
az dhe
 > > >are."                        - Roammeeo & Juuleeet, Act I Cene iv Vers
 > > 96-99>
 > >
 > > Oooh, that's a jolt.  Shakspere must be spinning out of control! 8-O

To which John Cowan replied:
 > Well, how about this:
 >
 > "True, I talk ov dreams, which ar the children ov an idle brain, begot ov
 > nothing but vain fantasy, which iz az thin ov substance az they ar."
 >                 -- Romeo and Juliet, Act I, Scene iv, verses 96-99
 >

Trù, í tòlk ov drémz, hwic ar þe cildrn ov àn ídl brán, begot ov noþing but
ván fàntasy, hwic iz az þin ov substàns az þá ar.

                  -- Róméó & Júliet, Akt I, Sén iv versz 96-99.

I think Alfred, at least, has ceased to spin!


/BP

  B.Philip Jonsson  mailto:melroch@mail.com
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