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Posted: Fri Nov 10, 2006 11:53 am
by skinem
Hagiography--I thought it was the study of old ladies...
(I know. Now I'll get letters.)
skinem, skinem, skinem. What are we going to do with you, except jump the hedge and run with your post? Etymonline has this smorgasboard on
hag.
-gailr
Thank you for the link! You're obviously no hag who can be hedged in! (I mean to say you're no hag. Period. No one who can be hedged in. I'm not hedging here. I think I'll shut up before I get deeper.)
Posted: Fri Nov 10, 2006 12:16 pm
by skinem
By the way,portokalos, that is beautiful work! Yours?
Words as shovels..
Posted: Fri Nov 10, 2006 1:13 pm
by eberntson
Skinny - have you ever heard the expression, stop while you "are ahead", which I believe has it's root in the ancient Norman phase "Stop whilst ye' have a head!". It is also related to the hag... Witch trials, where witnesses reported that they had been tuned into newts... Although they "Got Better", in this modern age you have no such guarantees... beware of the "pox"!
Posted: Fri Nov 10, 2006 1:15 pm
by eberntson
portokalos wrote:
Just see.
http://www.iconet.gr/mambo/index.php?op ... &Itemid=34
Hey that is an impressive site... got any more?
-Eric
Re: Words as shovels..
Posted: Sat Nov 11, 2006 12:46 am
by sluggo
Skinny - have you ever heard the expression, stop while you "are ahead", which I believe has it's* root in the ancient Norman phase "Stop whilst ye' have a head!". ..
Or as they say in Texan: "when you find yerself in a hole, first thing to do is quit diggin'."
*aaagh! <<aaagiography?
Posted: Mon Nov 13, 2006 2:36 am
by portokalos
Posted: Wed Nov 15, 2006 3:00 am
by portokalos
Do you want more?
Just a smidgen
Posted: Wed Nov 15, 2006 11:03 am
by eberntson
Those sites are nice too, just a couple more would be appreciated..
Eric
Posted: Thu Nov 16, 2006 3:36 am
by portokalos