The Drunkard

[graeme_qewe]

Tsch! I have two important things happening here the last week. The most important is about the moving. But I'll tell about that later, so that I now can tell of the "lesser" important thing, so I can get it out of the system and stop thinking about it.

Yesterday the institute for philosophy had their "christmas lunch", and I had lots to do before

Comments

[fireghost]

Oh, and are you sure you don't mean 'drunkard'? 'Drunkyard' sounds like a place where drunk people (drunkards) hang out (as in drunk yard, like junkyard).

[graeme_qewe]

I named the subject after the title of a song, of a (drunk) man who beats his wife. I just checked the title of the song, and it is indeed "the drunkard" without a y.

thank you - am very embarassed - subject title edited - hangs head in shame

[marta_mb]

Hey, I liked this coinage of yours, drunkyard (like churchyard)! I could have called my former corridor Drunkyard, as the guys there used to drink a lot.
I think 'drunkard' is a bit obsolete word, and 'drunk' is more common.

[graeme_qewe]

Well, "Drunkyard" would describe where I live too. You should just have been here last night. Wow, that was horrible. Especially since some people found the interest in turning on the fire alarm about 10 times

[marta_mb]

Yes, it's weird as I am studying Old English a lot (it's a bit earlier than 17 cent., though). and I also like to learn and use uncommon words. I even have a special dictionary of old words in English.
What is this Michelle like?

[graeme_qewe]

17th cent. is just a guess, I'm not so hooked on years. But it's awesome that you enjoy old english too. Maybe we should try and speak that to each other.

Michelle is ... totally unlike me. Very outgoing, drinking and partying a lot, and left a few hints, that her number of brief male sexual encounter was very high.

Hey, you know something?! She had studied russian in "gymnasium", and when I asked her to say something in russian, she said "PRIVET!". When she did that, I was really thinking about you, and missing you (because your LJ was deleted at that time).

Old English

[marta_mb]

Wes þū hāl! Gif þū wille on þæt ealde Engliscgereorde sprecan, ic wille þæt ēac. Þæt is swīþe wundorlic þæt þū lufigest þæt ealde Engliscgereord! Ic leornige þæt gereord swīþe mycel ond lufige þæt.

It's not a joke. It’s a piece of Old English, an invitation to converse.

Re: Old English

[graeme_qewe]

That's so wonderful!

JAN ER HELDIG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[fireghost]

Oh no, 'drunkard' is still very much a current word; in fact it seems quite fashionable where I live. It's used especially to describe a person who is often drunk - an alcoholic.

'Drunkyard' is an excellent word that I going to keep using!