tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2629301231907528990.post1241882283788181990..comments2024-03-26T18:01:57.609+00:00Comments on Inky Fool: GrueM.H. Forsythhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01464964455944509750noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2629301231907528990.post-77668166361528826712011-04-07T04:11:47.831+01:002011-04-07T04:11:47.831+01:00Old-school adventure gamers will remember the Info...Old-school adventure gamers will remember the Infocom Zork games, where the loss of a light source produced warnings of imminent attack by a grue. Such an attack was inevitably fatal.PeterJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16395768714207313299noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2629301231907528990.post-25228195034441292772011-04-04T20:37:44.974+01:002011-04-04T20:37:44.974+01:00We weren't allowed to use gormless as children...We weren't allowed to use gormless as children as it wasn't Proper English. Chambers gives gaum or gorm as dialect meaning understanding etc with gormless as stupid,witless. I would have thought gormless was whatever the opposite of dialect is by now. Do tell us Inky when you have a moment and if it doesn't make you grue is there some process of canonisation when a word goes from dialect to English.<br />PS weather is gruesomesprout leafnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2629301231907528990.post-31615007076871241952011-04-04T18:49:51.516+01:002011-04-04T18:49:51.516+01:00I am a modern southerner and, henceforth, I will g...I am a modern southerner and, henceforth, I will grue!Kelly Danielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18376947856193224519noreply@blogger.com