tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post8985015976558807089..comments2024-03-25T09:56:16.164+00:00Comments on An Awfully Big Blog Adventure: Are We There Yet? - Charlie ButlerUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-82854504233663849782010-01-12T13:08:01.184+00:002010-01-12T13:08:01.184+00:00That's not Chaucer, that's Joanna Russ, yo...That's not Chaucer, that's Joanna Russ, you philistine! You've spelled 'little' wrong, though.<br /><br />(I just found this post, I love it. I only recognized the quotes about editing, which are - not coincidentally - the bleakest ones...)Ikahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16954104097396714498noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-43528932297765858862009-08-01T20:38:51.763+01:002009-08-01T20:38:51.763+01:00Yes, I couldn't leave out my beloved Spenser! ...Yes, I couldn't leave out my beloved Spenser! And yes to Chaucer - it's near the end of Troilus and Criseyde.Cathy Butlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03838615971611193743noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-25384542033889630112009-08-01T19:14:20.381+01:002009-08-01T19:14:20.381+01:00And naturally the Sir Calidore quote is from Spens...And naturally the Sir Calidore quote is from Spenser's 'Faery Queene', and 'Go litel boke' is Chaucer... can't remember which without looking it up: The Parlement of Fowls? Something early?<br />Lovely post, Charlie - thoroughly enjoyed it!Katherine Langrishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12529700103932422873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-48281851446163017032009-08-01T10:28:11.070+01:002009-08-01T10:28:11.070+01:00Hi Dru - Yes, it's Winston Smith's lexicog...Hi Dru - Yes, it's Winston Smith's lexicographer friend Syme, enthusing about the latest incarnation of Newspeak.Cathy Butlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03838615971611193743noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-60501790486395438502009-08-01T05:51:59.343+01:002009-08-01T05:51:59.343+01:00Is the destruction of words thing 1984? -I rejecte...Is the destruction of words thing 1984? -I rejected Fahrenheit 451 as thats was a less discriminating destruction. I'd been thinking of Jan Struther as a possible termini author, but she seemed to drive everywhere.Dru Marlandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03697874363783821382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-38633814659900536822009-07-31T18:29:35.074+01:002009-07-31T18:29:35.074+01:00Thank you! And you are of course correct in all pa...Thank you! And you are of course correct in all particulars.Cathy Butlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03838615971611193743noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-84500533004916389042009-07-31T18:21:44.398+01:002009-07-31T18:21:44.398+01:00Lovely post, Charlie! I thought someone would bea...Lovely post, Charlie! I thought someone would beat me to the Dawn Treader reference - but I know the terminus quote - <i>Howard's End</i>! And "The end is where we start from" is "Little Gidding" :-)Debbie Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02477317402530814391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-10733767332370432172009-07-31T14:05:30.568+01:002009-07-31T14:05:30.568+01:00Correct, and correct (it's actually the Sad St...Correct, and correct (it's actually the Sad Story of Henry, where he gets bricked up in the tunnel by the *evil* Fat Controller).<br /><br />I'll reveal the origin of the terminus quote a little later, if no one else spots it first!Cathy Butlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03838615971611193743noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-65808254396402315202009-07-31T11:55:38.183+01:002009-07-31T11:55:38.183+01:00Dawn Treader for the one about tearing, and one of...Dawn Treader for the one about tearing, and one of the Thomas books for the rain and the tunnels? Probably one involving Gordon, but I couldn't give you the title.<br />I love the quote about terminuses - where's that from?Sally Nichollshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17022981347132511812noreply@blogger.com