Brilliant minds conversing about an important topic
me: Anyway, did you open the email? [NB: The email said just: "In faire Verona where we lay our Scene...".]
Phillip: yes,yes, R&J
10:49 AM me: Or just MS Verona - Seminario Maggiore 34
10:50 AM Phillip: hence the italics
10:53 AM me: That's not actually why I did the italics, do you realize?
10:56 AM Phillip: No. Because it is in Italy?
me: No (but I thought of that since you wrote the thing about the Italics)
10:57 AM Phillip: so?
me: Because that's how it is in the 1599 Quarto
10:59 AM Phillip: Ah, of course. I didn't know this particular word was in italics, of course, but that explanation should have occurred to me.
11:02 AM me: OK
What?!!! You didn't know that that word was in italics? Did you even pass your Abitur?!?!!
11:07 AM Phillip: Yes, we learned all of Schekspear by rote, and in English, but in blackletter, of course.11 minutes
11:18 AM me: Ah, not a single italic word among them./
But you did memorize other typographical features, such as capital letters, yes?
11:19 AM Phillip: Obviously. No wussy liberal teachings about "meanings" and such nonsense.
me: Right. This is Germany, of course.
Phillip: yes,yes, R&J
10:49 AM me: Or just MS Verona - Seminario Maggiore 34
10:50 AM Phillip: hence the italics
10:53 AM me: That's not actually why I did the italics, do you realize?
10:56 AM Phillip: No. Because it is in Italy?
me: No (but I thought of that since you wrote the thing about the Italics)
10:57 AM Phillip: so?
me: Because that's how it is in the 1599 Quarto
10:59 AM Phillip: Ah, of course. I didn't know this particular word was in italics, of course, but that explanation should have occurred to me.
11:02 AM me: OK
What?!!! You didn't know that that word was in italics? Did you even pass your Abitur?!?!!
11:07 AM Phillip: Yes, we learned all of Schekspear by rote, and in English, but in blackletter, of course.11 minutes
11:18 AM me: Ah, not a single italic word among them./
But you did memorize other typographical features, such as capital letters, yes?
11:19 AM Phillip: Obviously. No wussy liberal teachings about "meanings" and such nonsense.
me: Right. This is Germany, of course.