tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post7318089767313450774..comments2024-03-28T23:22:41.774-05:00Comments on TYWKIWDBI ("Tai-Wiki-Widbee"): "The Corpse in the Waxworks" and "The Four False Weapons"Minnesotastanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01382888179579245181noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-44019545753491863762017-12-02T14:07:47.881-06:002017-12-02T14:07:47.881-06:00commonly heard as "graven images" or tho...commonly heard as "graven images" or those carved or chiseled. On a face, it implies somewhat angular, still and "stony"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-54521799045195218682017-12-02T14:02:23.140-06:002017-12-02T14:02:23.140-06:00Thank you. And the extended quote reminds me why ...Thank you. And the extended quote reminds me why I never went back to read any more Boswell.Minnesotastanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382888179579245181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-90218917696186932182017-12-02T14:00:32.208-06:002017-12-02T14:00:32.208-06:00That makes sense! Tx!That makes sense! Tx!Minnesotastanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382888179579245181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-29653710909205924982017-12-02T13:44:35.241-06:002017-12-02T13:44:35.241-06:00You didn't need to dig so deep, it's still...You didn't need to dig so deep, it's still a word in use:<br />https://www.google.ca/search?q=wear+a+stockAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-49461132151086945882017-12-02T13:12:21.499-06:002017-12-02T13:12:21.499-06:00Boswell quote from here http://www.gutenberg.org/f...Boswell quote from here http://www.gutenberg.org/files/1564/1564-h/1564-h.htm#link2H_4_0003Dawnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-47398637876778624642017-12-02T13:11:11.925-06:002017-12-02T13:11:11.925-06:00What would you do if locked up in a tower with a b...What would you do if locked up in a tower with a baby?<br />That's not the quote but here it is:<br />"I know not how so whimsical a thought came into my mind, but I asked, 'If, Sir, you were shut up in a castle, and a newborn child with you, what would you do?' JOHNSON. 'Why, Sir, I should not much like my company.' BOSWELL. 'But would you take the trouble of rearing it?' He seemed, as may well be supposed, unwilling to pursue the subject: but upon my persevering in my question, replied, 'Why yes, Sir, I would; but I must have all conveniencies. If I had no garden, I would make a shed on the roof, and take it there for fresh air. I should feed it, and wash it much, and with warm water to please it, not with cold water to give it pain.' BOSWELL. 'But, Sir, does not heat relax?' JOHNSON. 'Sir, you are not to imagine the water is to be very hot. I would not CODDLE the child. No, Sir, the hardy method of treating children does no good. I'll take you five children from London, who shall cuff five Highland children. Sir, a man bred in London will carry a burthen, or run, or wrestle, as well as a man brought up in the hardiest manner in the country.' BOSWELL. 'Good living, I suppose, makes the Londoners strong.' JOHNSON. 'Why, Sir, I don't know that it does. Our Chairmen from Ireland, who are as strong men as any, have been brought up upon potatoes. Quantity makes up for quality.' BOSWELL. 'Would you teach this child that I have furnished you with, any thing?' JOHNSON. 'No, I should not be apt to teach it.' BOSWELL. 'Would not you have a pleasure in teaching it?' JOHNSON. 'No, Sir, I should NOT have a pleasure in teaching it.' BOSWELL. 'Have you not a pleasure in teaching men?—THERE I have you. You have the same pleasure in teaching men, that I should have in teaching children.' JOHNSON. 'Why, something about that.' "Dawnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-53195022646408061642017-12-02T12:59:35.819-06:002017-12-02T12:59:35.819-06:00"Whiskers to you" I have a sense means t..."Whiskers to you" I have a sense means the two-fingered British version of the middle fingered salute, but can't find a reference to back me up on that.Dawnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-31006530979996418952017-12-02T12:58:01.913-06:002017-12-02T12:58:01.913-06:00Cloud cuckoo land https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cl...Cloud cuckoo land https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloud_cuckoo_land<br />"Cloud cuckoo land is a state of absurdly, over-optimistic fantasy or an unrealistically idealistic state where everything is perfect."<br /><br />"Aristophanes, a Greek playwright, wrote and directed a drama The Birds, first performed in 414 BC, in which Pisthetaerus, a middle-aged Athenian persuades the world's birds to create a new city in the sky to be named Nubicuculia or Cloud Cuckoo Lan"Dawnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-71996357076499769642017-12-02T12:55:27.083-06:002017-12-02T12:55:27.083-06:00Bonnet over the windmill https://idioms.thefreedic...Bonnet over the windmill https://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/throw+bonnet+over+the+windmill "To act in a deranged, reckless, or unconventional manner. Refers to the eponymous character of the novel Don Quixote, who tosses his hat over a windmill (which he imagines is a giant) as a challenge to it."Dawnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-43895494496939629342017-12-02T12:51:32.603-06:002017-12-02T12:51:32.603-06:00Bubastes https://archive.org/stream/catofbubastest...Bubastes https://archive.org/stream/catofbubastestal00hentuoft#page/182/mode/2up/search/bubastes<br />A city, but also a goddess, also called Baste or Pasht.<br />https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pakhet<br />http://www.per-bast.org/bast/essay14.htmlDawnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-37340646154403033042017-12-02T12:48:40.534-06:002017-12-02T12:48:40.534-06:00I am absolutely gobsmacked that this phrase isn...I am absolutely gobsmacked that this phrase isn't something ordinary, and one that causes any puzzlement. It has nothing to do with death, and means somber and drawn.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-89896464271433708692017-12-02T12:35:26.216-06:002017-12-02T12:35:26.216-06:00The term has not fallen out of use entirely.The term has not fallen out of use entirely.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-91766433737566239762017-11-30T18:33:24.937-06:002017-11-30T18:33:24.937-06:00Your comment suggests that you might like the OED....Your comment suggests that you might like the OED. I keep the 2-volume compact edition in my man-cave and I have no doubt I could have found the answer there, but the entry for "stock" takes up eight pages of triple-column 5-point font. Definition #44 on page 3 begins "a kind of stiff, close-fitting neckcloth..."Minnesotastanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382888179579245181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-40138116915346927432017-11-30T16:40:32.792-06:002017-11-30T16:40:32.792-06:00See, I think that dictionaries should never delete...See, I think that dictionaries should never delete items, they should simply add the new words or phrases. Think of some time-traveler trying to make sense of the older "slang" of the day and unable to heavily research words in a current dictionary. Although I'm not sure that a casual reader of older literature would go to too much trouble to find out what an old phrase actually meant...Classof65https://www.blogger.com/profile/15620524862669295761noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-75168431880405060712017-11-30T16:08:08.589-06:002017-11-30T16:08:08.589-06:00Thank you anon. A Google Image search led me to t...Thank you anon. A Google Image search led me to this -<br /><br />Stocks<br /> A stock was a gentlemen's most formal neckwear. In fashionable dress it was universally of fine white linen pleated to fit beneath the chin. For martial purposes it was often constructed of black leather or woven horsehair. For the clergy the white linen stock had falling bands added. All of these forms were buckled behind the wearer's neck. (See also Cravat and Neck Handkerchief)<br /><br />http://www.history.org/history/clothing/men/mglossary.cfm#stockMinnesotastanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382888179579245181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-78454526818616521752017-11-30T14:53:26.804-06:002017-11-30T14:53:26.804-06:00Re: "graven of face" - that sounds to me...Re: "graven of face" - that sounds to me very like "[deeply] graven features," which I've always pictured as deeply lined or chiseled. I.e., as if they were engraved; lined with worry or care or tiredness, etc.Josh Drewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17679446962369584773noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-5713727572343088662017-11-30T14:50:23.230-06:002017-11-30T14:50:23.230-06:00I believe a stock was a form of cravat.I believe a stock was a form of cravat.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com