I still remember reading (studying) "Under Milk Wood" at school for my English Literature classes. www.youtube.com/watch?v=XAo5... - ThreadSky

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ammonjohns.bsky.social • 7 days ago

I still remember reading (studying) "Under Milk Wood" at school for my English Literature classes.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XAo5w91G53A

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polemicdigital.com•7 days ago

He’s written so many amazing works. One lady working at the museum took time to read one of his lesser known poems to us. It was so funny and engaging. The man was a genius.

ammonjohns.bsky.social•7 days ago

The British Isles have produced some incredible poets among its lauded wordsmiths. From Tennyson to Thomas, Shakespeare to Shelley, Browning to Burns...
The English language is quite incredible for being equally suited to high arts, technology and science, and serving as the world's Lingua Franca

polemicdigital.com•7 days ago

Absolutely. As a Dutchman I actually found English an easier and much more pleasant language than my own native tongue. I started reading in English in my early teens and pretty much gave up Dutch books.

ammonjohns.bsky.social•7 days ago

The language is amazing for word-play too, with puns and double entendre coming so easily. I think a huge amount of the sly, clever, and satirical humour we have is down to a language that pretty much encourages it.
Well, except that poor American version, it seems. 😜

saschmayer.bsky.social•7 days ago

I found English easier than my own native German, too... And since the Netherlands basically use badly spelled German, English would be easy to learn for the Dutch too.

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::runs for cover:: 🤣

ammonjohns.bsky.social•7 days ago

Barry had a special learning method though - he focused on all the four-letter words the most. 🤡

polemicdigital.com•7 days ago

You’re not wrong about that. 😁

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