Warning : For those of you who totally despise Shakespeare and Elizabethan English (the "language" filled with "thou, thine, methinks, art, tortur'st, etc., etc." mumbo-jumbo!), well, heed this warning, I pray thee, lest thou shalt repent entering this domain for 'tis filled wi' nothing but Shakesperian(new word?) English! Thus, thou must leav'st at once and henceforth art never to visit this page again! WAIT!!! Just kidding, here you'll find a conversation between a couple of people, one who uses modern English while the other uses Elizabethan English. Therefore, for those of you who do or do not like Shakespeare, prithee, wilt not thou step'st into my humble page? I bid thee welcome! JJJ 
My version of..........
!Romeo And Juliette!
An imaginary love scene that happens between Romeo and (modernized) Juliette might be as follows...

Act I sc. 1 - In a small alley next to a drain!
Romeo : Ah, my Juliette, whereforth did thou get'st this notion to meet in such a....er....unusual place?

Juliette : Ya kidding, man? What d'ya mean unusual - It's kinda cozy don't you think Rommy baby!(modernized, isn't she?)

Romeo : Well, have it as thou like, but methinks I prefer the name bestowed upon me by my guardians - R-o-m-e-o, your beloved Romeo.

Juliette : Ok, ok! Geez, what made you into such a grouch!

Romeo : Be angry not fair Juliette...but, something disturbs me my love, when dost thou plan to introduce me to thine loved ones, has it not been...

[Juliette hears her handphone ring in her Levi's jeans and answers it]

[On the phone] Juliette : Hello, oh Jack, its you, how ya doin'? What - a movie? Ok sure, when? Right now? Be right there, cya!

Romeo : I was saying...

Juliette :Hey Romeo, sorry man, gotta run, Godzilla's on in half-an-hour, I'd like to take you but you said only like "The 3 Musketeers"! So....bye!

Romeo : But...

Juliette : Taxi! taxi!

[Juliette leaves loverboy Romeo in the ditch (literally!)]

Romeo : [Sigh...] Misery acquaints a man with strange bedfellows... greetings drain!
~exeunt~

Act I sc. 2 - A beautiful and quiet park(Romeo chooses the place this time!)
Patient Romeo once again meets Juliette who only agreed to come coz' she had nothing else to do...amazing relationship!

Juliette : Hey Romeo, you should've come y'day, Godzilla was absolutely radical!

Romeo : Er...well...you didn't give me a chance to...

Juliette : You have no idea what you missed, Jack was so funny when he tried to imitate the monster, hahhhhahhhaaaa!! Anyway, you were saying something...

Romeo : Very well then, let bygones be bygones, I was asking thee, when wilt thou introduce me to thine loved ones? We have nurtured this bond for many years now and methinks 'tis time that we took serious steps...

Juliette : Hmmm...what's this strange smell round here?? Rommy, you really should
choose better joints, my rat's carcass smelled better than this place! Speaking of steps, I read a book called "10 steps to becoming cool!", I'll lend you that book - soon enough, you'll be just as cool as me! Deal?? Maybe I should change my name to something cool like say Julezybaby, what do ya think?

[Romeo loses his patience and grabs hold of Juliette by the lapels of her *leather jacket*- told ya she wuz modern!]

Romeo : I beg thee, thou listen'st to me, Juliette my dear, all I have been attempting to say with every essence of my being is that I do love, prize and honour thee and have no other desire but to spend the rest of my invaluable life with thee...dost thou agree?

Juliette : Hey, le'go of me you psycho! Don't ya think those words sound kinda cliche? Get real dude! You really gotta learn to chill out! Spend a lifetime?? With YOU? Ya gotta be kiddin'!

Romeo : Prithee, halt! Thine words cram my delicate ears...thou hast refuseth me in a manner me never thought possible...OK, that's it! Enough of this bull! YO, Julezybaby! To hell with ya! Ya know what I really think of you - thou art nothing but a bawling, blasphemous, incharitable gal! You moon-calf, perfidious and drunken...a pox o' your throat which smells of fish, by the way!  I think Claribel, that drunken butcher's old hag-like daughter is WAY better than you! Hah, I never really loved you anyway("The Corrs" sung that, right?)!!!

Juliette : Ohhhh, is that so?? Read my lips y..y.y.y..y..THOU freak, T-h-e  f-e-e-l-i-n-g  i-s  m-u-t-u-a-l !!!! Wait till Jack hears this!
~EXEUNT~(very quickly, I might add!)

                And Romeo and Juliette lived happily ever after(without each other of course!).  

The End 
Caught you readers by surprise, eh? Same here, I had no idea where the "play" was going till I stopped typing JJJJJJJ!!! 

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