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Old 05-13-2009, 11:25 AM   #10
Lalaith
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That Shippey review is brilliant. In fact, I think I'm in love.
Two highlights:
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Where Norse clashes, English tends to patter
Oh yes.
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But if you need everything spelt out, Eddic poetry is not for you, and nor is Icelandic saga: read Trollope instead. You must listen also for slight but significant changes in repeated wording, sometimes made more significant in meaning by the slightness of the verbal change.
yes, yes, yes. Not terribly fair on Trollope: 'watch Peter Jackson instead' might have been more appropriate...

Meanwhile, my computer is refusing to load the Telegraph review. Judging by what you guys have said about it, my computer clearly has taste...
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