"Shaft" in Chaucerian English
October 25, 2005 6:12 AM   Subscribe

Wha be tha blake prevy lawe
That bene wantoun too alle tha feres?
SHAFT!
Ya damne righte!

(Obligatory secondary links).
posted by swift (21 comments total) 1 user marked this as a favorite
 
Hic est unus malus mater...

Claude oram!

Ero vocebam Shaft.
posted by The White Hat at 6:16 AM on October 25, 2005


badde mooder-swyver!

heheheh.
posted by mds35 at 6:28 AM on October 25, 2005


No one understands him but his woman.
posted by Pollomacho at 6:31 AM on October 25, 2005


hwa se heolstorhof bisgu?

fyi
posted by HuronBob at 6:37 AM on October 25, 2005


Кто всегда выбивает десять из десяти?
Не вопрос!
Шафт!

Кто выстоит в самой страшной заварухе
и не знает, что такое страх?
Шафт!

Кто никогда не бросит в беде
и беспощаден к злодеям?
Конечно Шафт!
posted by languagehat at 6:41 AM on October 25, 2005


Just how my daddy used to put it, down home, all them years ago...
posted by alumshubby at 6:42 AM on October 25, 2005


Oh, and

DaHjaj ghaH QaQ jaj Daq Hegh -- Shaft!
posted by alumshubby at 6:45 AM on October 25, 2005


MetaFilter: badde mooder-swyver!
posted by AspectRatio at 6:45 AM on October 25, 2005


Шафт!
posted by zsazsa at 6:46 AM on October 25, 2005


[quietly hates Chaucer]
posted by NinjaPirate at 6:47 AM on October 25, 2005


afroblanca: You missed the word 'Together' in your song title. It's "...Gathered Together in a Cave..."
posted by Goofyy at 7:08 AM on October 25, 2005


OK, but Beowulf could still kick his ass.
posted by PlusDistance at 7:16 AM on October 25, 2005


I'm gonna go with: meh.
posted by jonson at 7:21 AM on October 25, 2005


How I hate the meh.
posted by swift at 7:32 AM on October 25, 2005


My best friend Pete did much of a Shaft Shakespeare with tha iambic. I miss that guy.
posted by Pretty_Generic at 8:11 AM on October 25, 2005


Language differences are funny
 
posted by spock at 8:34 AM on October 25, 2005


(via robotwisdom, btw)
posted by swift at 8:37 AM on October 25, 2005


Dude....he did "Freebird" too.

And this foule ye conna chaunge.
Tha Lorde konne, I conna chaunge.

posted by dnash at 8:55 AM on October 25, 2005


Putting this on my Chaucer class wiki page right now. Thanks for this!
posted by fillsthepews at 12:59 PM on October 25, 2005


Excellent. I love Chaucer. It'd be interesting to retell Shaft as one of the Canterbury tales.
posted by Smedleyman at 2:22 PM on October 25, 2005


How do you say "Right On!" in olde English?
posted by Lynsey at 11:14 AM on October 26, 2005


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