In 1353, Giovanni Boccaccio wrote The Decameron: one hundred nested tales told
y a group of young men and women passing the time at a villa outside Florence ile waiting out the gruesome Black Death, a plague that killed more than 25 mi
ion people. Some of the stories are silly, some are bawdy, some are like fable

Take out the Black Death part, and it sounds similar to the Caterbury Tales.

Mike


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Take out the Black Death part, and it sounds similar to the Caterbury Tales.

I never actually read the Canterbury Tales. But a quick review of the plot DO
indeed sound like something similar. I might have to give the CT a try some y.

We had to read part of them in school.

They are very old and if you get one that is not translated from the Old English it can be difficult to understand some of them. My recollection is that some of them are really funny and/or entertaining while others are not
so much.

If you have ever heard the song "A Whiter Shade of Pale," it references
"The Miller's Tale," which is probably one of the better known Caterbury
Tales. It is a funny one, and was told at the expense of one of the other travelers, who was formerly a carpenter.

Mike


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Hello Mike Powell!

** On Thursday 12.05.22 - 16:40, Mike Powell wrote to AUGUST ABOLINS:

If you have ever heard the song "A Whiter Shade of Pale,"
it references "The Miller's Tale," which is probably one
of the better known Caterbury Tales. It is a funny one,
and was told at the expense of one of the other travelers,
who was formerly a carpenter.

Interesting trivia. I love the Whiter Shade of Pale song.
Totally familiar with it. Did not pay too much attention to
the Miller reference though.
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Now.. as I dig into the lyrics that is made so convenient
through various sites, some of it seems very weird:

I was one who liked to figure out lyrics when I was younger but, in the
case of this song, yes the music first caught my attention.

She said, "I'm here on a shore leave,"
Though we were miles at sea.
I pointed out this detail
And forced her to agree,
Saying, "You must be the mermaid
Who took King Neptune for a ride. "
And she smiled at me so sweetly
That my anger straightway died.

LOL, those lyrics did not make the final cut of the studio version, but
were sometimes found in extended live versions.

The part of the lyrics I thought hinted at infidelity was in the chorus:

And so it was later
As the miller told his tale
that her face, at first, just ghostly
turnd a whiter shade of pale

So, when she heard the miller's tale of an unfaithful wife, she turned pale like a person with a guilty conscence might. Of course, someone offended
by the story's generally bawdy nature might also have a similar reaction. :)

WTF? :/ "shore leave" yet "miles at sea" What does that
actually mean?

I think he is pointing out that he knows she is lying.

"took Neptune for a ride" == sexual innuendo?

Possibly, but I always took it to mean that she is the lady who took advantage of him or made a fool of him. It may be reference to a seafarer's tale
that I am not familiar with where a mermaid got the best of King Neptune.

Mike


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Mike Powell wrote to AUGUST ABOLINS <=-

They are very old and if you get one that is not translated from the
Old English it can be difficult to understand some of them.

I watched a YouTube video about the evolution of English as it
pertained to Shakespeare's plays. Some of the dialog, which seems a
little cumbersome, had a much more fluid feel when you pronounce the
words as they were pronounced when written.

It's intriguing to think of language drift, and how our languages
will sound in a couple of hundred years.




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