Zounds! Chaucer's 'people' were highly eddicated.
He was reading to the late Norman court, not the Saxon rabble.
And then the curriculum was ordained by God - no wriggle room at all.
AndrewF
On 25/11/2005, at 8:50 AM, Chris Barker wrote:
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> Why not? You clearly can ... and the boys and girls had such fun
> according to some of those tales ;-)
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> No, of course not, but Chaucer's people did not have the benefit of
> eddication; there are no excuses now, except for inept political
> meddling in curricula <rant>!!</rant>
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> Chris
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> On 24 Nov 2005, at 21:39, Andrew Fildes wrote:
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>> Why? You wish that we still spoke like Chaucer? Gadzooks!
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>> Whan thet Eprille with its shoures sote....
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>> AndrewF
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