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Original poster

my daughter prefers Chaucer to Shakespeare.

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Tortington · 31/01/2006 22:26

shit you not! she said this (12)

shakespeare bores the shit out of me - though i like it when acted well. can't read it though snoooooze.

never thought that one of my kids would utter such a sentence.

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Beetroot · 31/01/2006 22:27

you had better take her up to |Stratford to see The Canturbury tales. and maybe a bit of Shakesperare acted well

starlover · 31/01/2006 22:27

don't blame her!

SorenLorensen · 31/01/2006 22:28

They do Chaucer at 12? Wow.

edam · 31/01/2006 22:31

Smart cookie you've got there. Wonder who she can possibly get it from?

Feistybird · 31/01/2006 22:42

Thank God this was Custy

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Tortington · 31/01/2006 22:44

lmao - classic mn title

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edam · 31/01/2006 22:44

As opposed to someone who drives an X5, you mean?

motherinferior · 31/01/2006 22:45

As opposed to pretentious English graduate git like, er, me

Sallystrawberry · 31/01/2006 22:51

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Beetroot · 01/02/2006 09:24

Actually I prefer Shakespeare. I was put off Chaucer at A level...The Wife Of Bath..aghhhh

Marina · 01/02/2006 09:34

She has to be doing the Miller's or the Pardoner's Tale then custy!
She has good taste in any case!
If she really lurves the man, buy her a copy of Katherine by Anya Seton. He has a walk-on part as the heroine's BIL (true although not much is known about his domestic arrangements so AS made it all up).
It may be an old-time bodice ripper but it is a fabulous story, well-researched - and a teacher of mine gave me a copy when I was 12 and doing Chaucer and I'll never forget the thrill of reading the whole book.

edam · 01/02/2006 09:54

Oh Lord Beety's just reminded me how much I hated the Wife of Bath. Miller's Tale much more enjoyable.

But even Wife of Bath not as tedious as Paradise Lost. Am sure I would have got an A instead of B if Paradise Lost hadn't been one of the set books.

Hallgerda · 01/02/2006 09:59

I once saw a really good performance of The Reeve's Tale in a pub, with bottles of different shapes and sizes moved around to indicate where the characters were - it made it so much easier to follow the bed-swapping.

popsycalindisguise · 01/02/2006 10:00

I loved the canterbury tales....but more so as the pardoners resembled our french teacher

unicorn · 01/02/2006 10:03

...
As opposed to someone whose child has just started reception custy(!!)

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Tortington · 01/02/2006 20:09

so i asked her about shakespeare and she decided to give me the low down on the merchant of venice
" i'ts ded borin'. this dude right, borrows money from this other dude.....anyway his ship didn't make it 'n' they ended up in court and this girl was dressed as a fella..."

oxford material i would say

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Enid · 01/02/2006 20:15

she's right

chaucer is the daddy

shakespeare a ponce in comparison

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