[Loch-Ruadh] Speaking Forsoothly - Daily Lesson 17

[Julie Self]

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>From: Pádraig Ruad Ó Maolagáin <padraig_ruad at irishbard.org>
>Reply-To: padraig_ruad at irishbard.org,"Shire of Loch Ruadh,  Kingdom of 
>Ansteorra, SCA, Inc." <loch-ruadh at lists.ansteorra.org>
>To: loch-ruadh at ansteorra.org
>Subject: [Loch-Ruadh] Speaking Forsoothly - Daily Lesson 17
>Date: Tue, 3 Oct 2006 16:27:20 -0500 (CDT)
>
>Daily Lesson 17
>
>Some Forsooth words to use:
>
>Wherefore – "Wherefore" means  “why”, not “where”.
>      When Juliet asked “Wherefore art thou Romeo?”, she wasn’t asking him
>where he was, but rather, why he was a Montague, the sworn enemies of
>her family, the Capulets.  Use “wherefore” for "why", and “where”
>when you mean "where".
>      “Wherefore dost thou walk abroad so late in the evening?”
>
>Mayhap – this is singular; don't say “mayhaps”.   Use this instead of
>“maybe”.
>      “Dost hear that sound?  Mayhap ‘tis the call of the nightingale.”
>
>Stay – “Wait" or “pause”
>      “Stay, I seem to have dropped my purse.”
>
>Ta'en - Short for “taken” (pronounced “tane”).  Usually used to mean
>"mistaken for".
>      “I fear thou hast ta'en me for another, milady.”
>      “Your pardon, my lord, I had ta’en that tankard for my own.”
>
>Poppet – Dolls are sometimes referred to as poppets.  Children, especially
>younger ones, can be called poppets as well.  Sometimes used as a pet
>name.
>      “What a beautiful poppet she is!”
>      “Good morrow, poppet.  What is your name?”
>
>Sweeting - A popular pet name used both between lovers and for children as
>well.
>      “How now, sweeting, hast thou scraped thine knee?”
>
>Shakespearian Word/Phrase of the Day:
>      Fash – to annoy or cause worry.
>      “Let us not tell the Baroness of this; ‘twould fash her unduly.”
>
>Padraig
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