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datasuspect Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-07-08 08:06 AM
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A Threade, wherein one must speaketh in the facsimile of prior formes of English
Verily, whence cometh mine own contribution to this foetid miasma of Demonic hurly burly.

Be not insouciant in this Divine pursuit foule Rogue!
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madinmaryland Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-07-08 08:23 AM
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1. ..
Donald Rumsfeld sy gedál sé diernmaga his dægmete briefing. hé concludes by saying: "Yesterday, three Brazilian soldiers were killed."

"OH NO!" sé diernmaga exclaims. "That's egewielm!"

His staff bencsittend hlosniende at this display of emotion, nervously gehield as sé diernmaga sits, head in hands.

Finally, sé diernmaga nænig up and asks, "fóremæ monegum is a brazillion?"
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ashling Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-07-08 08:36 AM
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2. Whan that Aprille with is shoures soot
Edited on Wed May-07-08 08:36 AM by ashling
The drought of Genarale Discushune - Pimarye hathe
peirced to the roote ,
And bathed everie campayne surugot in suich liqour:
Hillarye hath her shotes took -
Crowne Royale wythe gude Beeir to chaise;
And drunke falle downe with such disgrayse.
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ashling Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-08-08 01:03 AM
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12. To Generayle Discushune will I pleade my case
So followe theyre this Post it's rayce

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=5865571&mesg_id=5865571
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applegrove Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-07-08 05:29 PM
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3. Manners maketh the man.
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Dr. Strange Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-07-08 05:49 PM
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4. Locketh
Pursue not the earthly inclinations that might tend to entice thee to breaketh yon threade rulez, forsooth. Behold, we suggest that thou sticketh to LOL cats.
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Lydia Leftcoast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-07-08 05:57 PM
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5. Forsooth, mickle people cannot speake in the olde Englishe tongue, for
they know not the proper grammar. He who learneth it properly shall make no mistake with his verb endings. Why hast thou used "-eth" improperly? :P
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LiberalEsto Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-07-08 07:03 PM
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6. My earliest English
Mama, Dada
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Tuesday Afternoon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-07-08 08:27 PM
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7. I say, old chap but --
I'm too tired
to give a crap.
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triguy46 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-07-08 08:40 PM
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8. Nice poste Haitleer.
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Manifestor_of_Light Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-08-08 12:15 AM
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9. Read "Fanny" by Erica Jong.
If you want a hilarious novel written in 18th century English.

Absolutely hilarious and by far Ms. Jong (excuse me, Dr. Jong's) best work.

She has a Ph.D. in 18th Century English lit from Columbia.
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mwooldri Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-08-08 12:25 AM
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10. Only if thou musteth read ye olde king james bible.
Ye olde english is best left to them thar biblebashers.

I prefer NIV.
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grannylib Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-08-08 12:52 AM
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11. Forsooth, 'tis a merry jest you've set for us!
Good sir, the very matter in my poor pate is spinning. I fain I would swoon dead away with the toilsome drear of it all.
Anon I go to pluck sweet fruit from the tree in the garden of dreams.
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NMDemDist2 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-08-08 01:13 AM
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13. Prithy, tis a sovereign idea
Now well were I and it so were,
for sich noyse hard I neuer ere;
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Ptah Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-08-08 02:01 AM
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14. I will begin the story of my adventures with a
I will begin the story of my adventures with a
certain morning early in the month of June,
the year of grace 1751, when I took the key
for the last time out of the door of my father's house.
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