SHAKESPEARE on Pugnax. RRRRuff

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Thanks, Mark. Listened. Not sure if I agree entirely. The exact rhyme
argument doesn't convince me. There is no reason why the last words of
the famous couplet cited,   Loved and Proved,  must be read as an
exact or perfect or true rhyme. The words do rhyme and Shakespeare and
others of the period and those on his heels, like Milton, use slant,
half, eye, etc...rhyme ....wind is coupled with kind.

The players were, like Shakespeare, more working class than members of
the court, though how they played the kings and queens and princes,
gravediggers and bellows menders, even with the linguistic commentary
and reviews, is still very difficult to determine. Still, I applaud
the thesis and its implications for the teaching of the Bard.

http://www.nybooks.com/articles/2016/04/21/how-shakespeare-lives-now/

On Sat, Apr 16, 2016 at 3:33 PM, Mark Kohut <mark.kohut at gmail.com> wrote:
> I just heard David and Ben Crystal on that  show that Kurt Anderson syndicates
> Thru NPR. The Crystals are a linguist, or maybe both, dunno, and shakespeare scholars who have been bringing to light the original pronunciation of Shakespeare--and getting plays produced that way, etc.
>
> Well, one of the them said, in OP ( Original Pronunciation) , many words sound closer to their meaning. Take ' war'....it isn't Dogs of war, soft, or waar, so to speak....it is Dogs of WARR (growled) RR, so to speak...
>
> That Pynchon...giving Pugnax those hard RRRs....
>
> This was/is great radio, a great piece.
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