R_> Hi, Bruce.  Hope you're well.  Thanks for replying.

R_>In a message dated 8/10/03 12:58:41 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
R_>lbinnie{at}tbaytel.net writes:
R_>>
R_>> > > SMB> What actually makes me dubious about Mel Gibson's
R_>> > > > film was finding out the dialogue will be ENTIRELY in
R_>> > > > Aramaic, Greek, and Latin.  That would seem to limit
R_>> > > > the audience to a select, rarefied group of scholars.
R_>> > >
R_>> > > TA> We will have to be sure to wear our bifocals so we can
R_>> > > read the English text lines at the bottom of the frames
R_>> > > and make notes at the same time.
R_>> >
R_>> SMB> Won't do us any good!  I've read that Mel Gibson
R_>> > will not allow any English subtitles for his film.  ONLY
R_>> > Latin, Greek, and Aramaic will be used.
R_>>
R_>> LB> I have a friend who is anxious to see if they get the
Araimic right!>
R_> Aha!  A "select, rarefied" scholar himself. 

R_> Unless Gibson employed Aramaic linguists to coach
R_> his actors, it seems more than likely mistakes have
R_> been made pronouncing that language.

I suspect they were smart enough to get assistance from
the Roman Catholic Marionette Church who still sing Mass
in Aramaic, according to a Lebanese friend of mine. They
pride themselves on being the first Christian Church
establised by Saint Paul.

Ciao, Ack.

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