Monthly Archives: September 2013

Curculio 4: A Sly Joke in The Alchemist?

Posted on Monday: September 30, 2013 by Michael Hendry

Kastril or Kestrel, the ‘angry boy’ of Ben Jonson’s Alchemist, calls his sister his ‘suster’ and says ‘kuss’ for ‘kiss’.1 It is not clear whether this is meant to represent a particular regional dialect, a generalized country accent, or his … Continue reading →

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La Rochefoucauld at 400

Posted on Monday: September 16, 2013 by Michael Hendry

Yesterday, in honor of La Rochefoucauld’s 400th birthday, I uploaded a page in his honor. Here is the blurb displayed in the left-hand margin, if you’re not sure yet whether you want to click on the link: “This site displays … Continue reading →

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Best Match of Editor’s Name and Subject?

Posted on Thursday: September 5, 2013 by Michael Hendry

I’m torn between the Kiss Catullus – the online Catullus edited by Daniel Kiss (link) – and the Hankey Othello (link). Can anyone think of a third? Possibly the worst match between performer and subject (onomastically, I mean – he … Continue reading →

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“There’s Gonna Be Some Changes Made”

Posted on Sunday: September 1, 2013 by Michael Hendry

I will be announcing some major additions to this site over the next few days. At the same time, I will be drastically reducing the number of categories, using them only for the broadest classifications, and using Tags for more … Continue reading →

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Curculio 3: “Some say the world will end in fire, some say in ice . . .”

Posted on Sunday: September 1, 2013 by Michael Hendry

. . . and there are definitely worse possibilities. When one language adopts words from another, it sometimes happens that standard spelling changes create a new pair of homonyms, making two words that were quite different in the source language … Continue reading →

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