tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6689448175317552618.post9080867988663171697..comments2024-02-14T08:21:35.629+00:00Comments on The stammering poet: Bill BrysonPeter Gouldinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13292063172122249202noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6689448175317552618.post-61327263816022254492010-01-24T11:12:46.076+00:002010-01-24T11:12:46.076+00:00Michael, I'm only on page 96 and he never ment...Michael, I'm only on page 96 and he never mentioned olde, trappe or shoppe when he was going through Elizabethan language.<br />My own hunch is that, whereas spellings might change, pronunciation would tend to stay the same.<br />But I could be, and probably am, wrong!Peter Gouldinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13292063172122249202noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6689448175317552618.post-18174997061564342522010-01-23T09:29:21.946+00:002010-01-23T09:29:21.946+00:00Ah! So I suppose trappe in the notice above doesn&...Ah! So I suppose trappe in the notice above doesn't rhyme with poppy, and shoppe, as in Ye Olde English Tea Shoppe, doesn't rhyme with poppy either.Michael Farryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14166338392128797311noreply@blogger.com