tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2629301231907528990.post8605263222783390214..comments2024-03-26T18:01:57.609+00:00Comments on Inky Fool: Lucubrating LychnobitesM.H. Forsythhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01464964455944509750noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2629301231907528990.post-80728036682248997462010-07-30T12:05:18.877+01:002010-07-30T12:05:18.877+01:00Scott,
I think you must have read it on Inky Fool ...Scott,<br />I think you must have read it on Inky Fool in <a href="http://inkyfool.blogspot.com/2010/05/druthers-and-tar-babies.html" rel="nofollow">this post</a>. I got that out of some book on ancient Rome. <br />Those hours would therefore be shorter in the summer and longer in the winter. So there's not reason for singling them out for smallness.<br />The small numbers theory is the OED's, and I see no reason to disagree.<br />Deborah, Another song for you.M.H. Forsythhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01464964455944509750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2629301231907528990.post-76075556993545995482010-07-30T02:37:29.424+01:002010-07-30T02:37:29.424+01:00Dogberry, at least you're not lugubrious. (A w...Dogberry, at least you're not lugubrious. (A word that sounds like what it means if ever I heard one.)<br /><br />And Deniz & Mrs M, I've just remembered I lent my <i>Emily</i> books to someone and need to get them back - many thanks. We may not be the same person Mrs M, but I suspect we're kindred spirits: of the race that knows Joseph.The Antipodean, about to provide Dogberry with further evidence, sighed andnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2629301231907528990.post-81718687608688170292010-07-30T01:14:47.666+01:002010-07-30T01:14:47.666+01:00Surely, "the small hours" refers to the ...Surely, "the small hours" refers to the (shorter) "watches of the night" in the pre-clock days of time-reckoning. In Summer, of course, the night hours were even shorter than the rest of the year. I've been unable to find any authority to back up this theory, but then my references are limited right now.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15394591685799575641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2629301231907528990.post-8641116131952961402010-07-29T18:03:03.496+01:002010-07-29T18:03:03.496+01:00Would you believe I still haven't read those? ...Would you believe I still haven't read those? It was in the Anne of Green Gables series.<br />White nights makes me think of Dostoyevsky...Deniz Bevanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17134553551048836979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2629301231907528990.post-30368239816066263632010-07-29T18:00:51.387+01:002010-07-29T18:00:51.387+01:00Deniz - was that in Emily of New Moon? She was alw...Deniz - was that in Emily of New Moon? She was always having "white nights" where she couldn't sleep. I used to love the Emily books.Mrs. Malaprophttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11571335974754100925noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2629301231907528990.post-13289298391374757842010-07-29T17:55:55.258+01:002010-07-29T17:55:55.258+01:00I just changed my GTalk status message to: "A...I just changed my GTalk status message to: "A lychnobite, noctivagant in my lucubrations". I considered adding something about drinks and lubrication, but the result was dangerously prone to misinterpretation so I scratched it out.Rafuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00333825875342896253noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2629301231907528990.post-54200558844039536592010-07-29T17:53:30.456+01:002010-07-29T17:53:30.456+01:00L. M. Montgomery uses the phrase "the wee sma...L. M. Montgomery uses the phrase "the wee sma's" :-)Deniz Bevanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17134553551048836979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2629301231907528990.post-84866944149765588712010-07-29T14:34:06.490+01:002010-07-29T14:34:06.490+01:00Ah well then, perhaps narcolepsy should be taken o...Ah well then, perhaps narcolepsy should be taken off the table, as this sounds awfully familiar. (As written about in a recent post) <br /><br />Wonderful song.Deborahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10892637441668897411noreply@blogger.com