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From: <span class="ep8xu"><span><span style="color: rgb(91, 16, 148);">Jacqueline Bungenberg de Jong</span></span></span><span class="hccdpe"> </span><span class="ldacoc"><<a href="mailto:Dutchmatters@comcast.net">Dutchmatters@comcast.net</a>></span><br>
Subject: <span class="hccdpe">LL-L "Language varieties" 2009.01.13 (07)
[E]</span><br>
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<span style="color: navy;">Ron, thanks for the links to the Uncanny (there is
that root again) Beowulf performance. I am still gaping. B.t.w. The
extraordinary bilingual verse translation of Beowulf by Seamus Heaney is one of
my prize possessions. The introduction alone is worth the price of the book.
Jacqueline</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-left: 40px;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;">From: R. F.
Hahn <<a href="mailto:sassisch@yahoo.com" target="_blank">sassisch@yahoo.com</a>>
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Subject: Language varieties</span></p>
<p style="margin-left: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;">Watch
a dramatic performance of Beowulf in Old English (with Modern English
subtitles:<br>
<br>
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VX_mDfRib8k" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VX_mDfRib8k</a><br>
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ooj25_j3k1E" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ooj25_j3k1E</a><br>
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E806VmFC8io" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E806VmFC8io</a>
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<br>
The performer's explanation:<br>
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NB7hpw7bCrE&" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NB7hpw7bCrE&</a><br>
<br>
Regards,<br>
Reinhard/Ron</span></p>
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