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Because the translators chose to retain "thee" and "thou" forms in addressing God, many of the Psalms are studded with "thees," "thous," "hasts," and "didsts." Still, if the translators have lost some poetry, they have gained some as well. Where traditional prose passages in such books as Genesis were found to have a certain rhythm, they are now set as verse...
Translated directly from the Hebrew Masoretic text, the new Torah leaves out Elizabethan thees and thous, shuns traditional Biblical prose. Says Translator Orlinsky: "Our constant goal has been to render the original Hebrew as accurately as contemporary understanding will permit into modern, readable English, discarding the errors and the obstacles which, through misunderstanding or a misplaced traditionalism, have stood between modern man and a clear knowledge of God's Word...
...relish Walter explained that the extended the committee's mandate by unanimous consent last year. Acknowledging that HUAC's $327 thous- and budget was large, Walter said, "I just wanted to see if it would start something." Some of the slight opposition to the request came from a crowd of "penny-pinchers," he maintained...
...about North and South, Allan meets all the top people. There is "the notorious Levi Coffin of Cincinnati," founder of the Underground Railroad for runaway slaves; Allan is armed with a hunting knife for killing abolitionists, but is charmed into nonaggression by the old Quaker's "thees" and "thous." Later, Allan searches out John Brown at Harpers Ferry, "to pour out his soul." Before long, he knows that "he was dealing with a lunatic or a martyr." Allan can do nothing, either, with Jefferson Davis, except stare into his eyes and say: "God grant you wisdom, Mr. Davis." Later...
They are all reasonablby faithful to the book, and speak in Hemingway's quaint manner, phrasing the English words in Spanish word order. In the book the effect produced is soft, but on the screen it seems artificial The "these" and "thous" of the book are mercifully deleted...