tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-82847041806026347.post8157932904041558732..comments2023-10-04T04:09:39.525-05:00Comments on Notes From the Ledge: In support of the wandering mindScentScelfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12264276265890227820noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-82847041806026347.post-87171561843234539832010-07-01T08:50:38.171-05:002010-07-01T08:50:38.171-05:00oh I dunno--might be too foreign a concept for the...oh I dunno--might be too foreign a concept for the Anglo-Saxon mind, you know?<br /><br />Tungolbocum? -celestial body-book?<br /><br /> maybe a kenning:<br />word-rhad--the word road<br /><br />or maybe something superstitious, since I doubt they'd like the idea of invisible words appearing from nowhere:<br /><br />deofulesbocum<br /><br />scopesbana--<br />the bane of the poet?<br /><br />lifesbana--the time-suck that is the blogosphere?<br /><br />it's hard--the words themselves: web is nice and Germanic, but log, from logos ultimately, is not, nor is sphere.<br /><br />hmm, thanks for the food for thought, as always. Will get back to you. <br /><br />(maybe the Wikipedia in OE will have a neologism for Blogosphere somewhere. Will check and get back to you)<br /><br />p.s. I wrote today's post with you in mind, at least partly....check it out?La Bonne Vivantehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04826781060994198215noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-82847041806026347.post-36961448412583539582010-07-01T08:38:22.157-05:002010-07-01T08:38:22.157-05:00He, he, he. Ok, in Croatian that would be : lutaju...He, he, he. Ok, in Croatian that would be : lutajući um. :)<br /><br />Pronounced as : lootayoochi oom <br />(I'm not sure I'd be getting it correctly if trying to do it phonetically).Ineshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12119611878721554991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-82847041806026347.post-16655013869783993152010-07-01T07:29:41.221-05:002010-07-01T07:29:41.221-05:00BV,
Word!
(I still chuckle whenever I hear tha...BV,<br /><br />Word! <br /><br />(I still chuckle whenever I hear that being used exclamatory hipster style.)<br /><br />Not going to try to reply in OE, or even ME, at the moment...I've got road brain...but thank you, my blogosphere friend.<br /><br />Hmm...if Ines can teach me "wandering mind" in Croatian, perhaps you can come up with "blogosphere" in OE?ScentScelfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12264276265890227820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-82847041806026347.post-20417393088908769822010-07-01T07:27:30.095-05:002010-07-01T07:27:30.095-05:00Ines,
Hee. :) Hey, I need to send you a shout-o...Ines,<br /><br />Hee. :) Hey, I need to send you a shout-out for your multi-lingual-ness; I'd be lost if you posted an article in your native language.<br /><br />Maybe you can teach me to say "wandering mind"?<br /><br />;)ScentScelfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12264276265890227820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-82847041806026347.post-74223276219862428592010-06-30T08:12:39.676-05:002010-06-30T08:12:39.676-05:00Also, thanks for the link to the article, I find t...Also, thanks for the link to the article, I find that comforting, as one whose mind has always wandered inordinately and whose mind seems to be trying to walk right out the door lately.....La Bonne Vivantehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04826781060994198215noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-82847041806026347.post-32775059312430468982010-06-30T08:06:15.473-05:002010-06-30T08:06:15.473-05:00Wyrd bið ful aræd--
Seo is ful soð, freonda min!
...Wyrd bið ful aræd--<br /><br />Seo is ful soð, freonda min!<br /><br />ic þu geþonc for se englisce gyd!La Bonne Vivantehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04826781060994198215noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-82847041806026347.post-33852260736762105752010-06-30T03:24:17.879-05:002010-06-30T03:24:17.879-05:00The article is really interesting. And I didn'...The article is really interesting. And I didn't notice they switched the alcohol and people in a sentence. :)Ineshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12119611878721554991noreply@blogger.com