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Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington
And you said it was a short trip across your mind....you lied, you Blaggard!  |
Nah ... I just make it up as I go along
And at least I didn't get into gerunds and verbal adjectives ... nor the influence of Anglo-Saxon on Lancashire dialect and place names, considering that present day Lancashire was part of Danelaw. Stuff like the "ing-ton" and "ing-ham" in the names of many communities ... but not "-chester"; that's Roman stuff. And let's not forget "heo"
Ahhh, my second joint is kicking in.
Lots of authors play with language and structures. Orwell's "1984" is perhaps more about language than it is politics. And let's not forget Hopkins who, I believe, taught classics at Stonyhurst College. Joyce is Irish; so, he can be more or less ignored, although he does deal with the development of English in "Ulysses."
I think I've read too much ... time to get either a life, or another beer
... think I'll go for the beer and some gnarly cheese.