By the way, those are Flyting Toasters.
Old Norse passages quoted from Hárbarðsljóð, ll.1-2.
Translation:
"Who is that young boy, standing in front of the arm of the strait?"
"Who is that churl who cries out from over the water?"
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oh ruth, you just keep getting clever-er. now if only you could spell et cetera ;)
ReplyDeletelove the flyting toasters, but i think we're going to need translations, missy! :)
Oh, darn, Cory stole my comment almost to the word... except I would change the conventions thusly:
ReplyDeleteOh, Ruthie, you just keep getting clever-er! Now if only you could spell "et cetera" ;)
I love the flying toasters, but I think we're going to need translations, Missy Medievalist!
Now here is one comic you can't get in the Sunday newspaper! I'm so excited to follow your adventures, Ruth. It's too bad you can't do back stories, because our epic rain-slogging, pub-hopping, fun-having adventure last October would make a perfect cartoon! Maybe you'll have a flashback someday...
ReplyDeleteIncidentally, am I the only one who got the double entendre here? "Exeter college" + et cetera. Clever indeed!
And a note on the "thusly" for you, Cora.
"thus·ly (sl)
adv. Usage Problem
Thus.
Usage Note: Thusly was introduced in the 19th century as an alternative to thus in sentences such as Hold it thus or He put it thus. It appears to have first been used by humorists, who may have been echoing the speech of poorly educated people straining to sound stylish. The word has subsequently gained some currency in educated usage, but it is still often regarded as incorrect. A large majority of the Usage Panel found it unacceptable in an earlier survey. In formal writing thus can still be used as in the examples above; in other styles this way, like this, and other such expressions are more natural." (I just thought that was funny.)
Thanks for the blog, Ruth!
oh, we got it, hence the winking... ;) ;) ;)
ReplyDeletenudge nudge, say no more ;)
ReplyDeleteWhen you finish this, you can enter it in the South Carolina Arts Commission Toaster Film Festival! Yes, there really is one: http://www.southcarolinaarts.com/toaster/index.shtml
ReplyDeleteOh, cool! Now if I could just figure out how to animate these things... ;)
ReplyDeleteYour creativity astounds me. What a great idea. Even though I don't always comment on things, I DO read your updates. In fact, I just read about you in the OCS Newsletter. Keep up the good work, lady.
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