The Shakespeare Conference: SHK 18.0466 Wednesday, 11 July 2007
[1] From: Edmund Taft <This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.>
Date: Monday, 9 Jul 2007 11:16:43 -0400
Subj: Shakespeare Golden Ear Test
[2] From: Bob Grumman <This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.>
Date: Monday, 9 Jul 2007 10:38:02 -0500
Subj: Re: SHK 18.0459 Shakespeare Golden Ear Test
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From: Edmund Taft <This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.>
Date: Monday, 9 Jul 2007 11:16:43 -0400
Subject: Shakespeare Golden Ear Test
Well, so far, folks have earned some "golden ears," some "silver ears,"
and some "bronze ears." If I do really awful, can I earn a "lead ear"?
Ed Taft
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From: Bob Grumman <This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.>
Date: Monday, 9 Jul 2007 10:38:02 -0500
Subject: 18.0459 Shakespeare Golden Ear Test
Comment: Re: SHK 18.0459 Shakespeare Golden Ear Test
I couldn't get through the Golden Ear test. I took a rest after
carefully deciding yes or no on twenty of the passages. When I came
back, I tried to continue but was ejected from the test. I'm sure I
came out with a tin ear. Especially since I recognize the passage from
the Elegy and said it was by Shakespeare.
For me what makes the test stupid boils down to its being based on a
pair of invalid premises: (1) that Shakespeare always wrote like
Shakespeare and (2) that no one else ever wrote like Shakespeare.
--Bob G.l
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