Am 25.02.2010 um 02:53 schrieb David Starner:
On Wed, Feb 24, 2010 at 2:31 AM, Keith J. Schultz <schultzk@uni-trier.de> wrote:
Also, if you have ever been in a literature class you would know that in poems and drama one uses linenumbers as references. So it is not that geeky.
Yeah, because only computer geeks are geeks. Old English geeks, well, they aren't the REAL geeks. Old English!!! I have not seen a high school text books for english lately, but I am sure they have line numbers in them for longer poems. But, maybe all students are probably geeks. Just to be geeky. Shakespeare is not old english, not even middle english, actually "Modern English". Of course the the question is what language are we writing in?!!! Before I forget in the original folios there are NO line numbers. I wonder why we use them. Must be some geeky thing I do not understand. Maybe, you can enlighten me! ;-))
regards Keith.