[Sca-cooks] Historic Cheesecake in the papers this past week
Martin G. Diehl
mdiehl at nac.net
Mon Nov 22 15:24:47 PST 2004
Susan Fox-Davis wrote:
>
> Robin Carroll-Mann wrote:
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: Susan Fox-Davis <selene at earthlink.net>
> >
> >And... 'old English'? *snort* Puh-leeze. ;) ]
> >
> >_______________________________________________
> >
> >We have to distinguish between "old English" and "Old
> English". The latter is the language of "Beowulf"; the
> former is merely archaic English.
Actually ...
O.E. Old English 700 - 1100
M.E. Middle English 1100 - 1500
Mod. E. Modern English 1500 - 1900
Quoted from: Alexander, Henry; "The Story of Our Language";
Dolphin Books Edition; 1962; ISBN: none
> >Lady Brighid ni Chiarain
> >Barony of Settmour Swamp, East Kingdom
> >
> I will admit, Tanarian and I share a bit of an attitude
> about people who misuse technical terms with a very
> specific meaning. Possibly we can be elitist snots at
> times. He clearly meant "archaic" and should have said
> so.
Aye ... and the translator was lacking in verisimilitude.
verisimilitude \ver-uh-suh-MIL-uh-tood; -tyood\,
noun:
1. The appearance of truth; the quality of seeming
to be true.
2. Something that has the appearance of being true
or real.
Quoted from dictionary.com
> Selene, not old, just archaic
"Not old, just resting." <g>
The fact that the original author, who is clearly not a
linguist, could read it at all is because his source was
Modern English -- *not* Old English.
--
Martin G. Diehl
http://www.renderosity.com/gallery.ez?ByArtist=Yes&Artist=MGD
Reality: That which remains after you stop thinking about it.
inspired by P. K. Dick
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