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Re: Grammar


Poster: "Stephanie M. Thorson" <smt2@st-andrews.ac.uk>

Pedro wrote:

> > William Langland, author of Piers Plowman, also wrote in the West Midlands
> > dialect, I believe.
> 
> It depends on who you talk to. I seem to recall that one
> manuscript was in the London dialect, but I can't remember if
> that's the oldest one. My guess, though, is that I was mistaken.
> Langland made no secret of his Worcestershire roots.

It probably also depends on which version of Piers Plowman you're talking 
about.  There are 3 distinct variants, each with multiple manuscript 
authorities and convoluted textual histories.  Whenever I get tired of my 
Troublesome Saints and Brother Adam's peculiarities, I just think about 
the people working on PP and feel a whole lot better.

Alianora
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Stephanie M. Thorson			|  SCA: Lady Alianora Munro
Dept. of Scottish History		|  Clan White Wing
University of St Andrews		|  Tarkhan, Khanate Red Lion

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