Is it Worth Buying?

[Justin101]

By the way, I completely understand what "feels" is, feelings is an inadequate way of putting it, it's more about when the feelings are quite overwhelming. It's a bit of a geek word to be honest, you find it a lot on gaming forums and anime forums.

[Rik]

Two birds one stone post

[Nosferatu@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Justin101

It's literally one shot in one scene where Loki stabs someone with his staff - it's not worth the effort importing if you can get it easier in the UK - not in my opinion anyway.

I looked at the screenshots where there are bits of blood removed and the one key scene where, in the UK release, you don't see the blade come out of the other side of the body. As I didn't notice there was anything missing when I saw The Avengers in the cinema, it wasn't worth the hassle and bought the UK release second-hand for £3.71 including delivery.

[bizarre_eye@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Nosferatu@Cult Labs

and bought the UK release second-hand for £3.71 including delivery.

You overpaid.

[Nosferatu@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by bizarre_eye@Cult Labs

You overpaid.

Possibly, but I'm prepared to take that risk!

[Susan Foreman]

Originally Posted by Nosferatu@Cult Labs

As for the English language evolving, I completely agree, and it is a mix of French, Latin, Germanic, Scandinavian, and other languages from around the world

The Canterbury Tales, by Chaucer, in the original Middle English (circa 1397 - 1400):

"Whan that Aprill, with his shoures soote
The droghte of March hath perced to the roote
And bathed every veyne in swich licour,
Of which vertu engendred is the flour;
Whan Zephirus eek with his sweete breeth
Inspired hath in every holt and heeth
The tendre croppes, and the yonge sonne
Hath in the Ram his halfe cours yronne,
And smale foweles maken melodye,
That slepen al the nyght with open eye-
(So priketh hem Nature in hir corages);
Thanne longen folk to goon on pilgrimages
And palmeres for to seken straunge strondes
To ferne halwes, kowthe in sondry londes;
And specially from every shires ende
Of Engelond, to Caunterbury they wende,
The hooly blisful martir for to seke"

The modern English translation:

When April's gentle rains have pierced the drought
Of March right to the root, and bathed each sprout
Through every vein with liquid of such power
It brings forth the engendering of the flower;
When Zephyrus too with his sweet breath has blown
Through every field and forest, urging on
The tender shoots, and there's a youthful sun,
His second half course through the Ram now run,
And little birds are making melody
And sleep all night, eyes open as can be
(So Nature pricks them in each little heart),
On pilgrimage then folks desire to start.
The palmers long to travel foreign strands
To distant shrines renowned in sundry lands;
And specially, from every shire's end
In England, folks to Canterbury wend:
To seek the blissful martyr is their will,
The one who gave such help when they were ill.

[Nosferatu@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Susan Foreman

The Canterbury Tales, by Chaucer, in the original Middle English (circa 1397 - 1400):

I think The Canterbury Tales is the only book I have given up on and never returned to. I spent so long reading the footnotes and translations that it ruined the experience and was more a study then anything of real interest. I would have found it easier if the text was in French or German as I have a better understanding of those languages than 14th century English!

[Susan Foreman]

I had to study it for English 'A' Level - the original text, not the translation!

[Nosferatu@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Susan Foreman

I had to study it for English 'A' Level - the original text, not the translation!

My dad said he had to do the same, only for his English O-level! He said it was enough to put someone off the stories for life.

[bizarre_eye@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Susan Foreman

I had to study it for English 'A' Level - the original text, not the translation!

Yeah, I had to study a chunk of it (The Miller's Tale and The Wife of Bath in particular) as part of my English Literature GCSE. I haven't returned to it since!