tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2629301231907528990.post5455806516786517761..comments2024-03-26T18:01:57.609+00:00Comments on Inky Fool: EldritchM.H. Forsythhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01464964455944509750noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2629301231907528990.post-86625878808377148822010-06-07T19:34:59.875+01:002010-06-07T19:34:59.875+01:00In a rather eldritch fashion, it seems that about ...In a rather eldritch fashion, it seems that about the same time you were struck by the recollection of Dick's novel, so was I! In a posting dated September 27th, 2009, I wrote about the meaning of the word, which means we were only mentally a month apart. So how eldritch is that?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2629301231907528990.post-63934147203505958622009-11-04T08:03:13.733+00:002009-11-04T08:03:13.733+00:00“Eldritch” is perhaps the important flourish in HP...“Eldritch” is perhaps the important flourish in HP Lovecraft’s unusual and restricted vocabulary. <br /><br />Another is “gibbous”- care to give us a post on this one?<br /><br />I went to Google Books to get statistics on Lovecraft’s usage, to prove that eldritch is used in about 47% of his sentences. <br /><br />It’s not quite as impressive as that, but he does really like the word: <br /><br /> http://books.google.com/books?id=tNmCBPX7S3sC&printsec=frontcover&dq=hp+lovecraft&hl=no#v=onepage&q=eldritch&f=falseMaldororhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09738006775549194624noreply@blogger.com