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Originally Posted by JSWolf
I didn't dislike the story for Romeo & Juliet, I disliked reading it. I disliked the Olde English and I still do.
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"Romeo and Juliet" is not written in "Old English"; it's written in early modern English.
This is an example of Old English (the beginning of the Lord's Prayer):
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Fæder ūre þū þe eart on heofonum,
Sī þīn nama ġehālgod.
Tōbecume þīn rīċe,
ġewurþe þīn willa, on eorðan swā swā on heofonum.
Ūre ġedæġhwāmlīcan hlāf syle ūs tō dæġ,
and forġyf ūs ūre gyltas, swā swā wē forġyfað ūrum gyltendum.
And ne ġelǣd þū ūs on costnunge, ac ālȳs ūs of yfele.
Sōþlīċe.
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