On the webbe device, I suspect Chaucer would have described those gadgets as qiblas. He was well aware of Islamic astronomy and wrote a book about astrolabes.
I was struck by the word 'onlinesse' because I'd heard it before in a popular song by folksinger Tim Hardin, If I Were a Carpenter. He spells it w/o the final e.
Purely wonderful!!!
On the webbe device, I suspect Chaucer would have described those gadgets as qiblas. He was well aware of Islamic astronomy and wrote a book about astrolabes.
https://books.google.com/books?id=XDIDAAAAQAAJ
The modern qibla has the same purpose, except we're pointing toward the opposite of Mecca.
http://polistrasmill.blogspot.com/2021/06/astrometeorology-5-qibla.html
Except qibla is a direction, not a finding device. Qibla means, in real life, the direction in which you lay down your sigada to pray.
I was struck by the word 'onlinesse' because I'd heard it before in a popular song by folksinger Tim Hardin, If I Were a Carpenter. He spells it w/o the final e.
This was brilliant. "A drynke of derknes, thik and broun," is going to be my new name for coffee. XD
Fantastic!!! So clever and beautifully written. I love it ❤️
Cool. I kept wanting to stop reading and do something else, but I couldn't. Well done
I found that bloody funny! You’re right, the job titles may have changed, but people haven’t.
I love this so much. So much love
What fun. Thank you for your industry.
Just utterly wonderful. Gives so much pleasure. Made me laugh & laugh. My favourite line, I think, is:
“Disrupcioun!” cryed he to ech he mette,
So fun!
Wonderful. I love this. Thank you.