Calm Posted November 27, 2018 Posted November 27, 2018 (edited) 2 hours ago, Robert F. Smith said: How about Shakespere's Three Wyrd Sisters in "Macbeth": I could go for Wyrd instead of Weird, people would really be wondering then....more questions asking about us or less, do you think? It would also match the Nonconvential Name Spelling Utah tradition....which I mostly love, btw. Edited November 27, 2018 by Calm 1
Robert F. Smith Posted November 27, 2018 Posted November 27, 2018 2 hours ago, Calm said: .................................... It would also match the Nonconvential Name Spelling Utah tradition....which I mostly love, btw........................ Cute, and directly from the LDS ghetto. 😎
Spammer Posted November 27, 2018 Posted November 27, 2018 7 hours ago, Calm said: I could go for Wyrd instead of Weird, people would really be wondering then....more questions asking about us or less, do you think? It would also match the Nonconvential Name Spelling Utah tradition....which I mostly love, btw. Speaking of Wyrd, see this from a lecturer in Medieval English lit at Oxford: https://aclerkofoxford.blogspot.com/2018/11/all-things-weird.html?m=1 1
RevTestament Posted November 27, 2018 Posted November 27, 2018 14 hours ago, The Nehor said: Hopefully a "We Are Weirdos" campaign will replace the "I'm a Mormon" campaign. I personally advocate a little reverse psychology and advocate an "I am not a Mormon" campaign...
Calm Posted November 27, 2018 Posted November 27, 2018 (edited) 4 hours ago, Spammer said: Speaking of Wyrd, see this from a lecturer in Medieval English lit at Oxford: https://aclerkofoxford.blogspot.com/2018/11/all-things-weird.html?m=1 Quote One example is an intriguing word that brings us back to my opening question: wyrdwritere, meaning ‘historian’. This word was coined towards the end of the Anglo-Saxon period, probably in the tenth century, as an English equivalent for the Latin word historiographus. It was then adopted by some Anglo-Saxon scholars to refer to writers of various works of history, including the authors of the historical books of the Old Testament and Roman historians. Quote Wyrd is stronger, the Measurer mightier than any man's thought. Absolutely wonderful (I love language movement, should study it more....and then I love to play with that). Thank you so much for posting this. Edited November 27, 2018 by Calm
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