Huck Finn

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#1 Post by **palmboy5** » Tue Oct 11, 2005 10:08 pm

.... its worse than shakespeare.

at least shakespeare was just old english, huck finn is ALL fucked up southern english by uneducated people saying the most annoying and incomprehensible shit ever.

#2 Post by **palmboy5** » Tue Oct 11, 2005 10:24 pm

"Well, den! Warn' dat de beatenes' notion in de worl'? You jes' take en look at it a minute. Dah's de stump, dah - dat's one er de women; heah's you - dat's de yuther one; I's Sollermun; en dish-yer dollar bill's de chile. Bofe un you claims it. What does I do? Does I shin aroun' mongs' de neighbors en fine out which un you de bill do b'long to, en han' it over to the right one, all safe en soun', de way dat anybody dat had any gumption would? No - I take en whack de yuther woman. Dat's de way Sollermun was gwyne to do wid de chile. Now I want to ast you: what's de use er dat half a bill? - can't buy noth'n wid it. En what use is a half a chile? I would'n give a dern for a million un um." - Jim

seriously, arent we supposed to be learning ENGLISH in ENGLISH class?? WHAT THE FUCK IS THAT?!

neuralmop · #3 Post by **neuralmop** » Tue Oct 11, 2005 10:58 pm

It actually takes a lot of effort to read any of that. :-/

mannyace · #4 Post by **mannyace** » Wed Oct 12, 2005 1:46 pm

yes that is trash

Q12321 · #5 Post by **Q12321** » Wed Oct 12, 2005 7:00 pm

My granddad sounds JUST like that.

philp · #6 Post by **philp** » Thu Oct 13, 2005 9:00 pm

palmboy5 wrote:"Well, den! Warn' dat de beatenes' notion in de worl'? You jes' take en look at it a minute. Dah's de stump, dah - dat's one er de women; heah's you - dat's de yuther one; I's Sollermun; en dish-yer dollar bill's de chile. Bofe un you claims it. What does I do? Does I shin aroun' mongs' de neighbors en fine out which un you de bill do b'long to, en han' it over to the right one, all safe en soun', de way dat anybody dat had any gumption would? No - I take en whack de yuther woman. Dat's de way Sollermun was gwyne to do wid de chile. Now I want to ast you: what's de use er dat half a bill? - can't buy noth'n wid it. En what use is a half a chile? I would'n give a dern for a million un um." - Jim

seriously, arent we supposed to be learning ENGLISH in ENGLISH class?? WHAT THE FUCK IS THAT?!

Jim was a former slave. Do you think he went to school to learn how to speak? I think that was the message Mr. Clemens was trying to convey. You do know that Mark Twain's real name was Samuel Clemens, don't you?

#7 Post by **palmboy5** » Thu Oct 13, 2005 9:08 pm

i wouldnt mind if they followed that with a more narrowly margined and differently fonted section where it was in good english. then mark where the bullshit starts so i can know where to stop and just skip to the translation :]

yesterday i realized chile was.. child..

philp · #8 Post by **philp** » Sun Oct 16, 2005 4:45 pm

You said that was worse than Shakespeare, but HE wrote in English!!

#9 Post by **palmboy5** » Sun Oct 16, 2005 5:00 pm

...? but it wasnt white trash bs.

Directive · #10 Post by **Directive** » Tue Oct 18, 2005 8:05 pm

I think it was masterfully written. I really liked the realism.

#11 Post by **palmboy5** » Fri Oct 21, 2005 11:31 pm

everything in the story seems too lucky