Said Arania:

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@indy: My point was that if you did something in visual basic (or C), it would run EXACTLY the same (within reason for computer differences) on another computer with the same language. You build a windows App, and is will do the asme thing on every single computer

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No doubt but, in fact, there is at least one spoken language (at least in writing) that can come rather close to that: Latin. Not as close as you might allow from an empirical standpoint but rather close from a humanist standpoint.

I think it was the BBC news site, major new idea for texting school children brief outlines of works like Shakespeare's Romeo/Juliette, it txt speak. Weird.

Twas also on the beeb that I read an article some time back - about the exact thing you are talking about - although it wasn't Shakespeare- but poetry - specifically the "read meaning into" method that everyone uses - or essentially:
What do you think the poet is actually saying?
What do you think the poets intent of this line was etc

(sorry tired, can't be arsed to look for links, or even use good english).

The whole idea of the article is that modern day English classes are trying too hard to find meanings and intent - when the poet was simply sticking lines together that rhymed, or made sense.

It was interesting when I read it, but never bothered posting it up. Things about education always seem to have a rather polarising effect on the members of a forum, especially seeing as many are going through the process and dislike any unintentional mangling of their qualifications validity

I heard that on the radio this morning. Paradise Lost to be done in text form. Willyarm Shaekspare to be shorthanded and praesied into text. Some academics claim it's just as valid as Standard English.... er yeh word for word maybe, but to condense King Lear down to 3 lines?