The following is a translation of the opening lines of the Iliad into Old English — perhaps the first ever translation done of this kind. THE OLD ENGLISH ILIAD By A.A. Brunn Graman mé giedda, lá gyden, Achilles,frécne se þe fremede firendǽda Grécum,and hildgástas hæleða on Helle bewearp,ge hunda tó húðum, ge hræfna gewurdonswá willa […]
The logical word game that has dominated the world of 'Internet Blood Sports' debate
...apishly Romanizing, that the word of command still was set downe in Latine; as if the learned Grammaticall pen that wrote it, would cast no ink without Latine: or perhaps, as they thought, because no vulgar…
After many months, The Hero and the Man is finally up on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Hero-Man-Language-Homeric-Idealism/dp/1653884800/ref=zg_bsnr_11053_11?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=AD4HMKH07E70PC11CSNS If you have an interest in Homer (or the classics generally), the philosophy of language, religion,…
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But if thought corrupts language, language can also corrupt thought. A bad usage can spread by tradition and imitation even among people who should and do know better.George Orwell, Politics…
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No one likes to be interrupted. You're making some argument, or explaining yourself, and maybe you're not even entirely sure what you think. Through explanation, you're finally putting words to…