I should have thought of Old English, or Middle English could be useful also.
My sister married her high school sweetheart and they are very happy. Similarly to you guys, they had one break of less than a year once when they were in college. But that's it. When I was young and restless, it seemed stodgy to me. Now it seems like the most romantic thing in the world.
40. What’s your life motto? Be the change you want to see in the world. --It really, really shows. One of the many things I love about you.
I did it yesterday and didn't post it, then went to post it today and realized that some of the answers were no longer correct and so went back and changed it. Also totally me. OCD, much?? :D
I should have thought of Old English, or Middle English could be useful also.
I am perfectly fine with reading Chaucerian ME, but it is definitely a goal of mine to read Gawain (my favorite Middle English work and sparring with Beowulf for favorite medieval, full stop) in the original language.
I've studied OE but haven't practiced it hardly at all but doing so damned much Beowulf stuff I've actually picked up on a good bit just from being exposed to it on almost a daily basis.
Similarly to you guys, they had one break of less than a year once when they were in college.
It was a hard transition. I mean, we were practically kids together, and then we had to become adults together and simultaneously. For me, it taught me that the grass is not greener on the other side of the fence; it is brown and pissed on.
I studied Old English and I remembered some of it (but forgot most). Used it a little when writing Rohan-centered things--will have to mess with it again when finishing that novel. It is a different language.
Middle English is surprisingly easy if one ignores the spelling and tries reading aloud. Some of the English docs I've tried to read contemporary to Richard III feels more like Middle English/Chaucer's than like Shakespeare's English--another big shift in the works right at that time and shortly thereafter. Some classes would be fun.
This made me all whimpery-smiley-happy. Thank you!
I count on you to do the stuff I am too tired to do (just kidding that would be so unfair). I am tired and thinking of making a big reveal of my actual age on my birthday next month. I have never said it in fandom that I know. Even people who know I am older than sin and to whom I have hinted broadly seem to guess younger.
I am on a Facebook group for students at Mythgard/Signum, and a few weeks ago, someone posed the question there of which language current students would most like to see offered next in the language center. (Currently, they have Latin, Spanish, and French.) Old English seemed to be winning overwhelming, at least based on casually following the conversation as comments popped up in my email. It got my vote. Old Norse seemed to be in second, which would be my second choice as well. So I'm hoping that a class might manifest soon ... maybe this summer? (That would be excellent, as I could take it right before starting my thesis.)
Even people who know I am older than sin and to whom I have hinted broadly seem to guess younger.I think I know the first number but not the second! Or maybe I'm among those who'd be guessing low! :D I'm terrible with guessing age. Age is so stupid anyway. (I know it's easy for me to say as a thirty-something!) I have friends who could be my parents and find them easier to relate to than some people my own age.
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I lied outright about my age to get a job in law firm here. It worked out great. I loved my boss (ten years younger than me and brilliant, and thought we were the same age--we still keep in touch). I finally told him how old I was and it was much too late by then to do anything about it. Then he thought I was lying. Long funny story there. I should write it as a short story.
I should have thought of Old English, or Middle English could be useful also.
My sister married her high school sweetheart and they are very happy. Similarly to you guys, they had one break of less than a year once when they were in college. But that's it. When I was young and restless, it seemed stodgy to me. Now it seems like the most romantic thing in the world.
40. What’s your life motto?
Be the change you want to see in the world. --It really, really shows. One of the many things I love about you.
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I should have thought of Old English, or Middle English could be useful also.
I am perfectly fine with reading Chaucerian ME, but it is definitely a goal of mine to read Gawain (my favorite Middle English work and sparring with Beowulf for favorite medieval, full stop) in the original language.
I've studied OE but haven't practiced it hardly at all but doing so damned much Beowulf stuff I've actually picked up on a good bit just from being exposed to it on almost a daily basis.
Similarly to you guys, they had one break of less than a year once when they were in college.
It was a hard transition. I mean, we were practically kids together, and then we had to become adults together and simultaneously. For me, it taught me that the grass is not greener on the other side of the fence; it is brown and pissed on.
It really, really shows. One of ( ... )
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Middle English is surprisingly easy if one ignores the spelling and tries reading aloud. Some of the English docs I've tried to read contemporary to Richard III feels more like Middle English/Chaucer's than like Shakespeare's English--another big shift in the works right at that time and shortly thereafter. Some classes would be fun.
This made me all whimpery-smiley-happy. Thank you!
I count on you to do the stuff I am too tired to do (just kidding that would be so unfair). I am tired and thinking of making a big reveal of my actual age on my birthday next month. I have never said it in fandom that I know. Even people who know I am older than sin and to whom I have hinted broadly seem to guess younger.
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Even people who know I am older than sin and to whom I have hinted broadly seem to guess younger.I think I know the first number but not the second! Or maybe I'm among those who'd be guessing low! :D I'm terrible with guessing age. Age is so stupid anyway. (I know it's easy for me to say as a thirty-something!) I have friends who could be my parents and find them easier to relate to than some people my own age. ( ... )
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