Klarinet Archive - Posting 000052.txt from 2005/11

From: "Joseph H. Fasel" <jhf@-----.gov>
Subj: Re: [kl] Driving Dan NUTS
Date: Fri, 04 Nov 2005 12:03:34 -0500

Ah Joseph, you are a kindred spirit--another amateur (I presume)
philologist! Thank you for the carol; it's beautiful. I would guess
that it's late Middle English, say, 14th- or 15th-century?

On this particular point, however, we're talking about the 18th century,
and most European languages have been fairly stable since the 16th,
Italian more so than English, I've been told.

Cheers,
--Joe

On Fri, 2005-11-04 at 04:39, Joseph Wakeling wrote:
> Joseph H. Fasel wrote:
>
> > Everybody is describing this as a difference in spelling, but of
> > course, it is a difference in pronunciation, as well. (The double "t"
> > makes a difference.)
>
>
> Only by modern concepts of spelling-pronunciation relationships. You
> have no idea how it would have been interpreted in Mozart's day.
> Consider the following:
>
> 'A, my dere, a, my dere Son,'
> Seyd Mary, 'A, my dere;
> my dere, a, my dere Son,'
> Kys thy moder, Jhesu,
> Kys thy moder, Jhesu,
> With a lawghyng chere.'

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