Hi I’ve incountered a problem while I was reading a Shakespeare

sylvut

Hi I’ve incountered a problem while I was reading a

Shakespeare play there was a line that says: “Me thinks Romeo has deseased” or something like that, anyway was the Grammer like that like 100 years ago or what?

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An Unknown Location | 8 months, 1 week ago (12 minutes after post)

Why yes, yes it was. lol

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An Unknown Location | 8 months, 1 week ago (18 minutes after post)

Language evolves over time just as music, clothes and culture do, so, yes, people did talk and write differently. But also remember that Shakespeare (1564-1616) was a poet, and Romeo And Juliet is a romantic and poetic play, so some of the language used will be more poetic than perhaps everyday speech.

Just to see how much language has changed over the years take a look at the works of Geoffrey Chaucer (1343-1400 - The Canterbury Tales) - not in the modern translation. 14th Century “English” bears little resemblance to modern English, and I doubt that if Chaucer were to suddenly appear in Lonodon in the 21st century he would understand what anyone said to him.

A hundred years ago the English language wasn’t all that different to what it is now. That’s because of the mass media, but things still change.

Anyway, enjoy the Shakespeare.

sylvut 0 #
An Unknown Location | 8 months ago (2 days, 11 hours after post)

;) Thnx ppl! x)

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