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Thread #83022   Message #1523460
Posted By: Amos
18-Jul-05 - 02:29 PM
Thread Name: BS: Shakespeare plays in Elizabethan English
Subject: RE: BS: Shakespeare plays in Elizabethan English
They weren't Australian accents at the time. They're saying that what Elizabethan actors osunded like would sound, today, like a mix of those things as they sound today. Like saying an ancient mastodon was like a mix of an elephant and a brontosaurus and a Yorkeshire terrier (because it was hairy).

Hope this helps! :D

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