daughter, half under her breath: why does 'receipt' even have a P?
father from HEL: *clears desk* WELL!
you see in the 16th century English writers were really getting interested in standardized spelling *and* etymology. People began to think a lot about "correctness" as applied to English for the first time +
Apr 19, 2019 • 28 tweets • 7 min read
Before my piece in @voxdotcom, the most likely time for me to really speak about my roofing experience and medieval culture was in reference to the York Play of the Crucifixion, my favorite of the so-called cycle plays. Particularly appropriate for Good Friday 1/
The cycle plays were collections of dramatic retellings of biblical stories from later medieval England. On the feast of Corpus Christi in June the guilds-people of a town would put on these plays on pageant wagons pulled through the city. Each guild 2/
Apr 16, 2019 • 10 tweets • 2 min read
son of a roofer medievalist checking in with a wee thought: All I could think yesterday was about the workers involved in the restoration work; fire can possibly be pinpointed to a single mistake made by one worker. I'm sure there are dozens of workers associated with cathedral+
who are thinking and rethinking every single action they took yesterday trying to figure out if they are in any way responsible. My heart is shattered for them. They might never know for certain and they may never forgive themselves thinking it's their fault. +
Jul 17, 2018 • 14 tweets • 5 min read
Uh what have i requested
Mar 30, 2018 • 27 tweets • 5 min read
I have an lowkey inappropriate Good Friday story (it's really just one line, but it will stick with you) which is embedded in a very pure such catholic wow kinda story so I'm deeply torn whether I should tell it
okay. I grew up very catholic in a very catholic family st anthony, st christopher, rosaries on car trips, no tv on good friday etc. I'm hard wired & in high school even came to love it. Considered priesthood. Underlays my a certain element of my draw to medieval studies
Mar 12, 2018 • 8 tweets • 3 min read
HOLD ON. Gregory the Great & "bad" puns:
The story goes Pope Gregory saw some English boys for sale in Rome & asked where they were from:
Anglia : "More like Angels!" says Greg
Who's their king? Ælla : "More like Alleluia!" says Greg
What's their neighborhood? Deira : "More lik+
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Deira? "More like they will be delivered *from the wrath* (de ira) of God when they become Christians!" says Gregory
This is the semi-mythological origin story for the Roman mission to Christianize England, which seems inspired by "bad puns" but PUNS ARE Very IMPORTANT +
Jan 22, 2018 • 14 tweets • 4 min read
BRUSH UP YOUR LATIN, a thread.
I've told this to a number of individuals, but I saw at least 3 mutuals thinking about these things recently, so I'll sum up.
these thoughts are derived from the excellent personal experiences I have had relatively recently (last 2.5 years) with @Paideiainstitut@GregoryStringer@IndwellingLang@SALVI_SITIS@magistrissima
summary: treat Latin like a language not like math
