Comments on: John Milton and The Origin Of Space http://www.sumangali.org/john-milton-and-the-origin-of-space/ In The Spirit Of Serendipity Fri, 21 Nov 2008 21:56:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Lajuana http://www.sumangali.org/john-milton-and-the-origin-of-space/#comment-1076 Lajuana Fri, 07 Nov 2008 10:00:49 +0000 http://www.sumangali.org/blog/john-milton-and-the-origin-of-space/#comment-1076 Keep up the good work. Keep up the good work.

]]> By: Sumangali Morhall http://www.sumangali.org/john-milton-and-the-origin-of-space/#comment-1002 Sumangali Morhall Fri, 19 Sep 2008 12:01:22 +0000 http://www.sumangali.org/blog/john-milton-and-the-origin-of-space/#comment-1002 Hi Stephanie, glad you enjoyed the post, and the picture. It's an astronomical clock in Prague. I've never been to Prague, but the clock just looks fantastic! You can find out more <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prague_Astronomical_Clock" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">here at Wikipedia</a> if you like. All the best :-) Hi Stephanie, glad you enjoyed the post, and the picture. It’s an astronomical clock in Prague. I’ve never been to Prague, but the clock just looks fantastic! You can find out more here at Wikipedia if you like.

All the best :-)

]]> By: Stephanie http://www.sumangali.org/john-milton-and-the-origin-of-space/#comment-1000 Stephanie Thu, 18 Sep 2008 18:16:12 +0000 http://www.sumangali.org/blog/john-milton-and-the-origin-of-space/#comment-1000 Oh wow I just love that first picture. I am a huge lover of outer space although I am not a star trek fan at all or any other thing like that actually. Anywho I have only recently gotten into looking at material from john milton but it is quite interesting. Oh wow I just love that first picture. I am a huge lover of outer space although I am not a star trek fan at all or any other thing like that actually. Anywho I have only recently gotten into looking at material from john milton but it is quite interesting.

]]> By: compositeur http://www.sumangali.org/john-milton-and-the-origin-of-space/#comment-941 compositeur Mon, 11 Aug 2008 11:22:13 +0000 http://www.sumangali.org/blog/john-milton-and-the-origin-of-space/#comment-941 Bjr :) mercipour ce billet fort intéressant ): il y a cependant quelques point obscurs : sans doute une benediction melangee ... qu'entends ytu par là ? bonne contination :) Bjr :) mercipour ce billet fort intéressant ): il y a cependant quelques point obscurs : sans doute une benediction melangee … qu’entends ytu par là ? bonne contination :)

]]> By: sumangali.org » Blog Archive » English as a Fecund Language http://www.sumangali.org/john-milton-and-the-origin-of-space/#comment-856 sumangali.org » Blog Archive » English as a Fecund Language Sun, 08 Jun 2008 09:19:53 +0000 http://www.sumangali.org/blog/john-milton-and-the-origin-of-space/#comment-856 [...] already briefly touched on the subject of poets adding to our lexicon in John Milton and the Origin of Space, but, says Stuart Waters, Shakespeare et al are doomed: “There is no motive in this crime of the [...] [...] already briefly touched on the subject of poets adding to our lexicon in John Milton and the Origin of Space, but, says Stuart Waters, Shakespeare et al are doomed: “There is no motive in this crime of the [...]

]]> By: Sumangali Morhall http://www.sumangali.org/john-milton-and-the-origin-of-space/#comment-447 Sumangali Morhall Sun, 17 Feb 2008 20:33:37 +0000 http://www.sumangali.org/blog/john-milton-and-the-origin-of-space/#comment-447 Thanks very much to John Crace of the Guardian for the link, in his very nice article! <a href="http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/books/2008/01/john_milton_our_greatest_wordm.html", target="_blank", title="The Guardian" rel="nofollow">John Milton - our greatest word-maker</a> Now that's how to write a blog post :-) Thanks very much to John Crace of the Guardian for the link, in his very nice article!

John Milton - our greatest word-maker

Now that’s how to write a blog post :-)

]]> By: Alf http://www.sumangali.org/john-milton-and-the-origin-of-space/#comment-373 Alf Wed, 23 Jan 2008 20:10:42 +0000 http://www.sumangali.org/blog/john-milton-and-the-origin-of-space/#comment-373 Rathin told me about this episode in 2006 in a moment of lexical musing, such as we were want to have in those days after a spot of grouse shooting. I had never seen this Blackadder, yet I posthaste traded my finest turnips for three whole seasons of the show on DVD. True, I acted on pure impulse, for there was a dearth of turnips that bitter Autumn, but I have no regrets. Better late than never. Rathin told me about this episode in 2006 in a moment of lexical musing, such as we were want to have in those days after a spot of grouse shooting. I had never seen this Blackadder, yet I posthaste traded my finest turnips for three whole seasons of the show on DVD.

True, I acted on pure impulse, for there was a dearth of turnips that bitter Autumn, but I have no regrets.

Better late than never.

]]> By: Sumangali Morhall http://www.sumangali.org/john-milton-and-the-origin-of-space/#comment-372 Sumangali Morhall Wed, 23 Jan 2008 15:25:39 +0000 http://www.sumangali.org/blog/john-milton-and-the-origin-of-space/#comment-372 I thought this was a wind-up, Alf, but no, I see The Surgeon of Crowthorne is indeed a real book. Wikipedia says: "It tells the story of the making of the Oxford English Dictionary and one of its most useful early contributors, Dr. W.C. Minor, a retired United States Army surgeon. Minor was, at the time, imprisoned in the Broadmoor Criminal Lunatic Asylum, near the small town of Crowthorne in Berkshire, England." Yes, you'd have to be barking mad (or Berking mad) to take on such a remarkable feat, especially with such devotion. This reminded me of a literary episode of Blackadder III (not exactly recommended), entitled “Ink and Incapability.” Dr Johnson appears before the king, hounded by fawning poets (Byron, Shelley and Coleridge), He has just written the first English dictionary: “a premeditated orchestration of demotic Anglo-Saxon... [an] uninterrupted categorisation of the vocabulary of our post- Norman tongue.” Blackadder has a grudge against Johnson, calling him a “globulous fraud", and inventing ridiculously long words while in conversation with him. When Johnson is suitably unnerved, Blackadder says, "Oh, I'm sorry sir, I'm anaspeptic; phrasmotic; compunctuous to have caused you such pericombobulation.” I thought this was a wind-up, Alf, but no, I see The Surgeon of Crowthorne is indeed a real book. Wikipedia says:

“It tells the story of the making of the Oxford English Dictionary and one of its most useful early contributors, Dr. W.C. Minor, a retired United States Army surgeon. Minor was, at the time, imprisoned in the Broadmoor Criminal Lunatic Asylum, near the small town of Crowthorne in Berkshire, England.”

Yes, you’d have to be barking mad (or Berking mad) to take on such a remarkable feat, especially with such devotion. This reminded me of a literary episode of Blackadder III (not exactly recommended), entitled “Ink and Incapability.”

Dr Johnson appears before the king, hounded by fawning poets (Byron,
Shelley and Coleridge), He has just written the first English
dictionary: “a premeditated orchestration of demotic Anglo-Saxon…
[an] uninterrupted categorisation of the vocabulary of our post-
Norman tongue.”

Blackadder has a grudge against Johnson, calling him a “globulous
fraud”, and inventing ridiculously long words while in conversation
with him. When Johnson is suitably unnerved, Blackadder says, “Oh,
I’m sorry sir, I’m anaspeptic; phrasmotic; compunctuous to have
caused you such pericombobulation.”

]]> By: Elf-Counsel aka Alfred http://www.sumangali.org/john-milton-and-the-origin-of-space/#comment-371 Elf-Counsel aka Alfred Wed, 23 Jan 2008 15:01:28 +0000 http://www.sumangali.org/blog/john-milton-and-the-origin-of-space/#comment-371 It is lucky that Milton gave us space, or Shakespeare would have had nowhere to put his moonbeam. MS Word should review their Spell Checker and get rid of that damnable American English and just have English and Ye Olde English. I once knew someone wiho owned a copy of the Oxford English Dictionary. The really big one - you need a magnifying glass to read it. It is so fascinating because each word definition is followed by the first known written use of the word in question. e.g. Titania in A Midsummer Night's Dream: "...And pluck the wings from painted butterflies, To fan the moonbeams from his sleeping eyes..." It is also full of words that are sadly redundant. There is a good book out about the birth of this dictionary called The Surgeon of Crowthorne. It is lucky that Milton gave us space, or Shakespeare would have had nowhere to put his moonbeam.

MS Word should review their Spell Checker and get rid of that damnable American English and just have English and Ye Olde English.

I once knew someone wiho owned a copy of the Oxford English Dictionary. The really big one - you need a magnifying glass to read it. It is so fascinating because each word definition is followed by the first known written use of the word in question. e.g. Titania in A Midsummer Night’s Dream:

“…And pluck the wings from painted butterflies,
To fan the moonbeams from his sleeping eyes…”

It is also full of words that are sadly redundant. There is a good book out about the birth of this dictionary called The Surgeon of Crowthorne.

]]> By: Sumangali Morhall http://www.sumangali.org/john-milton-and-the-origin-of-space/#comment-370 Sumangali Morhall Sun, 20 Jan 2008 11:59:37 +0000 http://www.sumangali.org/blog/john-milton-and-the-origin-of-space/#comment-370 Thanks Shardul, glad you persevered through the Olde English spelling in the extract :-) Thanks John, takes one to know one :-) Thanks Shardul, glad you persevered through the Olde English spelling in the extract :-)

Thanks John, takes one to know one :-)

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