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Subject: Re: William and Jean-Baptiste

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Sasha

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Date Posted: 02:47:38 01/17/08 Thu
In reply to: Mireille 's message, "William and Jean-Baptiste" on 15:02:57 01/16/08 Wed

~ dearest Mireille,

I cannot speak or read French, but I really appreciate the beauty of it...
it just looks so beautiful upon the page

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I wish I had the chance
To tell you, Sir William,
How much is beautiful
The language of the perfidious Albion.
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a wonderful opening stanza that leads into, and through to the
beautiful French version, I think it's very skillful of you to
write the French phraseology into and English structure

I know that I certainly couldn't do it

*warm hugs*

Sash xx

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Author: Mireille [ Edit \| View ]	Date Posted: 11:11:48 01/17/08 Thu Well, sweet Sasha, that play with language structures is easy once you know them both, tho, pretty troubling. Really glad you enjoyed at least the English part. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]