#edit: this is somewhat exaggerated to prove my point. if anyone was wondering. there isn't a complete lack of sources. there is always brut
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"the complete lack of sources between beowulf and gawain makes it difficult to ascertain" "some posit that there is a continuous tradition between" "i would like to assert that the prosody of gawain"
JUST TELL ME IF THERE ARE MORE OR LESS MATCHED CONSONANTS IN GAWAIN AND THE GREEN KNIGHT THAN THERE ARE IN BEOWULF YOU PIECE OF SHIT
#WHO UP DOING A PROPER PHONETIC ANALYSIS OF MIDDLE ENGLISH AND OLD ENGLISH METER?? FUCKING NO ONE APPARENTLY#I HAVE TO DO EVERYTHING MY FUCKING SELF IN THIS EXTREMELY DATED STUDY AND TIME PERIOD AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHRHRHRHRHRHRHRHHHHH#croidhe#linguistics#anyways.#everyone out here sucking the dick of the latin scribe who wrote beowulf down i'd just LIKE to KNOW what the APPROXIMATE RATIO. OF MATCHED#SOUNDS. IT DOESN'T EVEN HAVE TO BE EXACT. ARE NONE OF YOU MOTHERFUCKERS DOING DATA-BACKED ANALYSIS???? NOT A SINGLE ONE OF YOU EALD ENGLISC#MOTHERFUCKERS COUNTING LINES AND SYLLABLES???#I REFUSE TO BELIEVE THIS.#edit: this is somewhat exaggerated to prove my point. if anyone was wondering. there isn't a complete lack of sources. there is always brut
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