Archive for December, 2005
"I can't expect two youngsters like you to find it much fun talking to an old buffer like me." --The Magician's Nephew, by C. S. Lewis, first published 1955;...
"And tomorrow [...], shalt come over all the castle with me and see the estres and mark all its strength and weakness[....]" --The Horse and His Boy, by C....
"What coil are you keeping down there, Mullugutherum?" --The Silver Chair, by C. S. Lewis, written around 1953; p, 157 of the 1994 HarperTrophy paperback edition MW11 says "coil"...
They lammed each other on the head with great clumsy stone hammers. --The Silver Chair, by C. S. Lewis, written around 1953; p, 83 of the 1994 HarperTrophy paperback...
The basename is dirified (spaces replaced by underscores, other punctuation removed) in order to create a valid URL. --Movable Type 3.2 User Manual: Entry basename Anil Dash says: "Dirified...
The winning streak for this veritable show continues through its fourth year. --Amazon's editorial review of The West Wing: The Complete Fourth Season DVD It's so show-like that it's...
For the Lord shall shod us in hooves of bronze and horns of iron[...] --Hitherby Dragons: Remnants (III/IV) "shod" is actually the past tense of "shoe," so "shall shod"...
'Puddleglum,' they've said, 'you're altogether too full of bobance and bounce and high spirits.[...]' --The Silver Chair, by C. S. Lewis, written around 1953; p, 76 of the 1994...
I keep coming across new-to-me words, unusual phrases and constructions, and other small items of potential philological interest. And I don't really have anywhere to put 'em. So I'm gonna...