The Shakespeare Conference: SHK 11.1733 Friday, 15 September 2000.
[1] From: Harry Hill <This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.>
Date: Thursday, 14 Sep 2000 20:49:35 EDT
Subj: Re: SHK 11.1722 Re: Authentic Performance
[2] From: Peter Groves <This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.>
Date: Friday, 15 Sep 2000 12:16:45 +1000
Subj: Re: SHK 11.1722 Re: Authentic Performance
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From: Harry Hill <This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.>
Date: Thursday, 14 Sep 2000 20:49:35 EDT
Subject: 11.1722 Re: Authentic Performance
Comment: Re: SHK 11.1722 Re: Authentic Performance
For Florence Amit:
The "lock" if it is "loch"in the Scottish fashion, as you say, then
surely the German Loch [=hole] enters one's interpretive ears, no? A
shy hole indeed!
Harry Hill
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From: Peter Groves <This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.>
Date: Friday, 15 Sep 2000 12:16:45 +1000
Subject: 11.1722 Re: Authentic Performance
Comment: Re: SHK 11.1722 Re: Authentic Performance
[desunt nonulla]
> Not to make this too long, I speculate that English final ks could
> havebeen usually pronounced by Shakespeare in the Scottish
> manner, and that
> perhaps only for special, foreign names or in sarcasm would a hard
> k be
> employed.
>
> Florence Amit
The Scottish manner of pronouncing final /k/ is, of course, /k/. Why
this consonant should sound sarcastic, or how Shakespeare could have had
a Scottish accent (let alone a detailed knowledge of Hebrew) are
mysteries indeed.
Peter Groves