What I do exclaim, that is rather fresh.

james · Post by **james** » Thu Jul 28, 2005 4:33 pm

Thought this was a pisstake, but appears to be genuine.

bbc news wrote:A rap artist has translated some of the best known works of poet Geoffrey Chaucer into hip-hop to make them appeal to schoolchildren.

Some of Chaucer's original bawdier language had to be "toned down" for his young audience.

He said: "I tried to keep the rap versions as close as possible to the original, so I went through the tales line-by-line.

"It was a painstaking process to convert Chaucer into a rhyme scheme that young people would like."

The tales have been condensed for performance, but with the aim of maintaining their original sense.

For instance, the phrase "goone towards that village" translates to "hit the streets".

Fresh!

Full Story --> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/4721073.stm

setwin · Post by **setwin** » Thu Jul 28, 2005 6:12 pm

oh dear god. i used to live in canterbury and had to walk passed the tales everyday on my way to uni.

mute · Post by **mute** » Thu Jul 28, 2005 7:12 pm

Check out the Kook rap!!!111

http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,67970,00.html

Kenny · Post by **Kenny** » Fri Jul 29, 2005 2:07 am

Where for motherfucking art thou motherfucking romeo. motherfucker.

willy the piss · Post by **willy the piss** » Sat Jul 30, 2005 2:04 pm

didn't tom humphrey do something like that for his course?

MikeTheBarber · Post by **MikeTheBarber** » Wed Aug 24, 2005 3:25 pm