tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2174812066017196444.post5523271479920993398..comments2024-03-22T12:57:57.273-05:00Comments on WOUNDED BIRD: "WHY SO CRYPTO?"June Butlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01723016934182800437noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2174812066017196444.post-66209560020256290332010-09-30T11:17:49.635-05:002010-09-30T11:17:49.635-05:00Cahty, how could they? I coined the phrase. One ...Cahty, how could they? I coined the phrase. One day I'll be in the OED, or, at least, in Wikipedia.June Butlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01723016934182800437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2174812066017196444.post-48396131258351765522010-09-30T11:11:03.624-05:002010-09-30T11:11:03.624-05:00Mimi, I don't see how any pedant could argue w...Mimi, I don't see how any pedant could argue with "kitschy sewer trolls" :-)Cathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14082263093224795131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2174812066017196444.post-10464962749487296592010-09-30T11:04:59.385-05:002010-09-30T11:04:59.385-05:00Gargoyles are fabulous, indeed, as are grotesques,...Gargoyles are fabulous, indeed, as are grotesques, as are the kitschy garden thingies, whatever they are called. How about kitchsy sewer trolls? Yes, I think I like that label.June Butlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01723016934182800437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2174812066017196444.post-78925587624687279882010-09-30T05:59:02.738-05:002010-09-30T05:59:02.738-05:00Porlock, according to my researches, the word &quo...Porlock, according to my researches, the word "gargoyle" carries both the narrow meaning you have described and a broader definition that includes what you have referred to as "grotesques": http://www.thefreedictionary.com/gargoyle<br /><br />But either way, gargoyles are fabulous, as you rightly point out.Cathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14082263093224795131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2174812066017196444.post-66694199895865029992010-09-29T21:58:38.985-05:002010-09-29T21:58:38.985-05:00Porlock, you've educated us all on the fine po...Porlock, you've educated us all on the fine points of gargoyles. I'm not being sarcastic, either. I enjoy learning about the origin of words.<br /><br />The example pictured is neither a gargoyle nor a grotesque, then. It doesn't look like much like images of gremlins, either, but I believe I got the kitschy part right.<br /><br />I hope you enjoyed Bishop Alan's post.June Butlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01723016934182800437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2174812066017196444.post-75663368899305040592010-09-29T12:54:10.813-05:002010-09-29T12:54:10.813-05:00Pedant time: A gargoyle, strictly speaking, is a c...Pedant time: A gargoyle, strictly speaking, is a creature adorning a drain spout. Which gurgles. (Actually it's from a word for throat, from which we also get gargle.)(However, gargoyle and gargle are Romance, while gurgle is Teutonic.)(Do no let me get started on an OED search.)<br /><br />Things on roofs that aren't drains are properly called grotesques. What the thing coming out of the ground is, I don't know, but I like it.<br /><br />PS: The garage of a house a little way from here has an actual, working, draining gargoyle. Do I love this town or don't I?<br /><br />Oh, and BTW I also love the excerpt from the bishop's posting. Time to follow the link now that the pedant attack is over.Porlock Juniorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16791629233605877049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2174812066017196444.post-68561574067500528602010-09-27T19:03:22.760-05:002010-09-27T19:03:22.760-05:00My motto is, "Publish first; edit afterward&q...My motto is, "Publish first; edit afterward".June Butlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01723016934182800437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2174812066017196444.post-38295658976661010882010-09-27T19:00:02.978-05:002010-09-27T19:00:02.978-05:00You're not wrong anyway Mimi in so far as a gr...You're not wrong anyway Mimi in so far as a gremlin is only a modern version of a gargoyle anyway :-)Cathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14082263093224795131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2174812066017196444.post-51991465969053674512010-09-27T18:53:06.491-05:002010-09-27T18:53:06.491-05:00Cathy, The Jewish people can teach us much about d...Cathy, The Jewish people can teach us much about disputation as a good thing.<br /><br />And you're right. The creature is a gargoyle and not a gremlin. I shall make a correction, but I believe I'll do a strikeout, rather than a deletion. Editing after publication for the sake of making oneself look better, rather than to correct a factual error, should go only so far in destroying evidence. ;-)June Butlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01723016934182800437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2174812066017196444.post-51630242736219530962010-09-27T18:40:31.472-05:002010-09-27T18:40:31.472-05:00PS I love the gargoyle thingy BTW.PS I love the gargoyle thingy BTW.Cathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14082263093224795131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2174812066017196444.post-53681975559805349502010-09-27T17:53:41.096-05:002010-09-27T17:53:41.096-05:00I believe the Chief Rabbi in England, Jonathan Sac...I believe the Chief Rabbi in England, Jonathan Sacks, said at one point that Judaism is really the history of the Jews arguing either with each other over the meaning of a particular text or arguing with God. Passionate disagreement is basically generally good, in and of itself.Cathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14082263093224795131noreply@blogger.com