[lit-ideas] Re: The King's Mother's Axe
- From: Robert Paul <rpaul@xxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2007 12:04:25 -0700
Judy Evans writes
I'd read that somewhere. But I've also read that US English is closer
to Shakespeare than UK English (I suppose it could be true: centuries
of isolation, and all that)
You may be thinking of the myth that in Appalachia 'they speak like
Shakespeare,' which I heard presented not as myth but fact many years ago.
There are many references to it online (google shakespeare appalachia
myth), e.g.
http://www.wordorigins.org/index.php/more/886/
Robert Paul
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