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From: Pete Dashwood on 6 Feb 2010 19:05 Fred Mobach wrote: > Pete Dashwood wrote: > >> Alistair wrote: >>> On Feb 5, 10:32 am, "Pete Dashwood" >>> <dashw...(a)removethis.enternet.co.nz> wrote: >>>> Sure. But don't try and rewrite Shakespeare in English, either. >>>> >>> >>> I can't resist: >>> >>> 2 B / not 2 B? >> >> LOL! >> >> I guess it is only a matterof time before someone with more time on >> their hands than they should have, produces a TXT version of the >> works of Shakespeare. >> >> If it would get kids to read the original, I wouldn't complain. :-) > > If via > lynx -dump > to TXT reformatted HTML will do you can have a look at > http://shakespeare.mit.edu/ When I was a teenager I had the Complete works of Shakespeare (and a few others of my favourite authors, Kipling, Poe, and Edgar Rice Burroughs (many people don't realize he wrote a lot more than "Tarzan") in book form, of course, and spent many happy hours engrossed in them. Over the years, with travelling and moving (not to mention pilferage from storage warehouses) these have been lost and I keep thinking I must replace them, but never get round to it. From time to time, I get the urge for Shakespeare and I recently bought the RSC production of King Lear, on DVD. It came with a bound transcript, and, although it is not my favourite Shakespeare play (and is pretty heavy going in places) I did enjoy it. Thank you so much for this link, Fred. I have bookmarked it and will be using it. Pete. -- "I used to write COBOL...now I can do anything."
From: SkippyPB on 7 Feb 2010 12:58 On Sat, 6 Feb 2010 10:31:28 -0800 (PST), Alistair <alistair(a)ld50macca.demon.co.uk> wrote: >On Feb 6, 4:29�pm, SkippyPB <swieg...(a)Nospam.neo.rr.com> wrote: >> On Fri, 5 Feb 2010 15:19:22 -0800 (PST), Alistair >> >> >> >> >> >> <alist...(a)ld50macca.demon.co.uk> wrote: >> >On Feb 5, 10:42�pm, "Pete Dashwood" >> ><dashw...(a)removethis.enternet.co.nz> wrote: >> >> Alistair wrote: >> >> > On Feb 5, 10:32 am, "Pete Dashwood" >> >> > <dashw...(a)removethis.enternet.co.nz> wrote: >> >> >> Sure. But don't try and rewrite Shakespeare in English, either. >> >> >> > I can't resist: >> >> >> > 2 B / not 2 B? >> >> >> LOL! >> >> >> I guess it is only a matterof time before someone with more time on their >> >> hands than they should have, produces a TXT version of the works of >> >> Shakespeare. >> >> >I should have added that if you gave an infinite number of monkeys >> >typewriters they wouldn't be able to aspire to producing the complete >> >works of shakespeare. Something to do with them having limitations >> >such that they remain in �a permanent state of youth. >> >> I think it has to do with them not having opposable thumbs. �Nothing >> to hit the spacebar with. �:) >> > >teenagers or monkeys? There's a difference? Regards, -- //// (o o) -oOO--(_)--OOo- "I am not sincere, even when I say I am not." -- Jules Renard ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Remove nospam to email me. Steve
From: SkippyPB on 7 Feb 2010 13:02 On Sun, 7 Feb 2010 13:05:03 +1300, "Pete Dashwood" <dashwood(a)removethis.enternet.co.nz> wrote: >Fred Mobach wrote: >> Pete Dashwood wrote: >> >>> Alistair wrote: >>>> On Feb 5, 10:32 am, "Pete Dashwood" >>>> <dashw...(a)removethis.enternet.co.nz> wrote: >>>>> Sure. But don't try and rewrite Shakespeare in English, either. >>>>> >>>> >>>> I can't resist: >>>> >>>> 2 B / not 2 B? >>> >>> LOL! >>> >>> I guess it is only a matterof time before someone with more time on >>> their hands than they should have, produces a TXT version of the >>> works of Shakespeare. >>> >>> If it would get kids to read the original, I wouldn't complain. :-) >> >> If via >> lynx -dump >> to TXT reformatted HTML will do you can have a look at >> http://shakespeare.mit.edu/ > >When I was a teenager I had the Complete works of Shakespeare (and a few >others of my favourite authors, Kipling, Poe, and Edgar Rice Burroughs (many >people don't realize he wrote a lot more than "Tarzan") in book form, of >course, and spent many happy hours engrossed in them. Over the years, with >travelling and moving (not to mention pilferage from storage warehouses) >these have been lost and I keep thinking I must replace them, but never get >round to it. From time to time, I get the urge for Shakespeare and I >recently bought the RSC production of King Lear, on DVD. It came with a >bound transcript, and, although it is not my favourite Shakespeare play (and >is pretty heavy going in places) I did enjoy it. > >Thank you so much for this link, Fred. I have bookmarked it and will be >using it. > >Pete. As a kid I wasn't into Shakespeare so much but I did read everything Edgar Allen Poe wrote and I read a lot of non-Tarzan books that Edgar Rice Burroughs wrote as well. I also, at age 10 or 11, read the original Mary Shelley book Frankenstein and Bram Stoker's Dracula. Both had what I can only describe as a rich language. I admit I had strange reading habits as a kid. No idea where they came from. I also was into reading Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes' books and a lot of science fiction by the authors of the day. Regards, -- //// (o o) -oOO--(_)--OOo- "I am not sincere, even when I say I am not." -- Jules Renard ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Remove nospam to email me. Steve
From: Pete Dashwood on 7 Feb 2010 19:39 SkippyPB wrote: > On Sun, 7 Feb 2010 13:05:03 +1300, "Pete Dashwood" > <dashwood(a)removethis.enternet.co.nz> wrote: > >> Fred Mobach wrote: >>> Pete Dashwood wrote: >>> >>>> Alistair wrote: >>>>> On Feb 5, 10:32 am, "Pete Dashwood" >>>>> <dashw...(a)removethis.enternet.co.nz> wrote: >>>>>> Sure. But don't try and rewrite Shakespeare in English, either. >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> I can't resist: >>>>> >>>>> 2 B / not 2 B? >>>> >>>> LOL! >>>> >>>> I guess it is only a matterof time before someone with more time on >>>> their hands than they should have, produces a TXT version of the >>>> works of Shakespeare. >>>> >>>> If it would get kids to read the original, I wouldn't complain. :-) >>> >>> If via >>> lynx -dump >>> to TXT reformatted HTML will do you can have a look at >>> http://shakespeare.mit.edu/ >> >> When I was a teenager I had the Complete works of Shakespeare (and a >> few others of my favourite authors, Kipling, Poe, and Edgar Rice >> Burroughs (many people don't realize he wrote a lot more than >> "Tarzan") in book form, of course, and spent many happy hours >> engrossed in them. Over the years, with travelling and moving (not >> to mention pilferage from storage warehouses) these have been lost >> and I keep thinking I must replace them, but never get round to it. >> From time to time, I get the urge for Shakespeare and I recently >> bought the RSC production of King Lear, on DVD. It came with a bound >> transcript, and, although it is not my favourite Shakespeare play >> (and is pretty heavy going in places) I did enjoy it. >> >> Thank you so much for this link, Fred. I have bookmarked it and will >> be using it. >> >> Pete. > > As a kid I wasn't into Shakespeare so much but I did read everything > Edgar Allen Poe wrote and I read a lot of non-Tarzan books that Edgar > Rice Burroughs wrote as well. I also, at age 10 or 11, read the > original Mary Shelley book Frankenstein and Bram Stoker's Dracula. > Both had what I can only describe as a rich language. I admit I had > strange reading habits as a kid. No idea where they came from. I > also was into reading Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes' books > and a lot of science fiction by the authors of the day. Yep, all great stuff and I did the same at around the same age. I wonder if what we read at an early age can shape us? I guess it can if we agree with it or are delighted by it. Or maybe the rich world of fiction is just a good escape for people at any age. I'd like to think any flaws in my current character were not the result of reading the authors you mention... :-) Of course, if I can blame my faults on Poe or Shakespeare, that would be a really good cop out... :-) Pete. -- "I used to write COBOL...now I can do anything."
From: Fred Mobach on 8 Feb 2010 06:02
Pete Dashwood wrote: > SkippyPB wrote: >> On Sun, 7 Feb 2010 13:05:03 +1300, "Pete Dashwood" >> <dashwood(a)removethis.enternet.co.nz> wrote: >> >>> When I was a teenager I had the Complete works of Shakespeare (and a >>> few others of my favourite authors, Kipling, Poe, and Edgar Rice >>> Burroughs (many people don't realize he wrote a lot more than >>> "Tarzan") in book form, of course, and spent many happy hours >>> engrossed in them. Over the years, with travelling and moving (not >>> to mention pilferage from storage warehouses) these have been lost >>> and I keep thinking I must replace them, but never get round to it. >>> From time to time, I get the urge for Shakespeare and I recently >>> bought the RSC production of King Lear, on DVD. It came with a bound >>> transcript, and, although it is not my favourite Shakespeare play >>> (and is pretty heavy going in places) I did enjoy it. >>> >>> Thank you so much for this link, Fred. I have bookmarked it and will >>> be using it. >> >> As a kid I wasn't into Shakespeare so much but I did read everything >> Edgar Allen Poe wrote and I read a lot of non-Tarzan books that Edgar >> Rice Burroughs wrote as well. I also, at age 10 or 11, read the >> original Mary Shelley book Frankenstein and Bram Stoker's Dracula. >> Both had what I can only describe as a rich language. I admit I had >> strange reading habits as a kid. No idea where they came from. I >> also was into reading Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes' books >> and a lot of science fiction by the authors of the day. > > Yep, all great stuff and I did the same at around the same age. > > I wonder if what we read at an early age can shape us? > > I guess it can if we agree with it or are delighted by it. Or maybe > the rich world of fiction is just a good escape for people at any age. At an early age most of the books I've read were about history. And while books about ICT had been added to the list for professional use and the fun of it history books are still a good escape for me. Not so much fiction for me. But that's not always true, for example Eduard Douwes Dekker (Multatuli) [1] wrote fiction about a now historical period. [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multatuli and for those who master Dutch http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multatuli -- Fred Mobach - fred(a)mobach.nl website : https://fred.mobach.nl .... In God we trust .... .. The rest we monitor .. |