Book reading

[Eric]

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.

 

[Less]

... think I'll go for the beer and some gnarly cheese.

If you put some of that cheese in the same envelope as the sparkler, no-one will ever know!

 

[Eric]

If you put some of that cheese in the same envelope as the sparkler, no-one will ever know!

Brings to mind another book: "Three Men in a Boat (To Say Nothing of the Dog)." Ah, British humour ... nowt like it in any other language, or, to be honest, in all other languages put together. Let's raise a glass to Chaucer and his fart jokes. And talking of cheese:

The Cheese Shop sketch, Monty Python - YouTube

 

[Less]

Ah, yes, good old JKJ, I've thumbed through my Penguin paperback many a time, right up until it was borrowed and never returned.

You may enjoy this series from the BBC if you can get it:-

Three Men in a Boat Episode 1 Part 1 - YouTube
Griff Rhys Jones, Rory McGrath, Dara O Briain and a dog named Loli
undertake a boating journey down the Thames,
in tribute to the one described in Jerome K. Jerome's similarly-titled book.

 

[Restless]

I got 9

 

[Eric]

Ah, yes, good old JKJ, I've thumbed through my Penguin paperback many a time, right up until it was borrowed and never returned.

You may enjoy this series from the BBC if you can get it:-

If anyone else knows what we are yakking on about, we know that they have picked up a fantastic book and made it into Chapter lV Citizens of the country with by far the world's richest literary heritage are probably more into "Duck Dynasty", "Swamp People", and "Pawn Stars"

Surprizingly, we don't get too many Brit. tv shows over here. The most popular, believe it or not, is "Coronation Street," closely followed by "Dr. Who."