Back with a woof!

Graham Woodland

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Mar 23, 2008, 3:07:24 PM3/23/08

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So here I am again, now with added broadband (note new email address)!

For those who wonder, 'Graeghama' is Old English for 'greycoat', and
appears as a kenning for 'wolf'. Please consider the Moon howled at -
particularly since my nice mining story set there seems to have pretty
much ker-flumped.

Tolkien made notable use of this word, in the modernised form
'Greyhame'. Now all I have to do is get to writing like a wizard
instead of a mutt, and I'll be just fine...

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Gray

To unmung address, lop off the 'be invalid' command.

Brian M. Scott

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Mar 23, 2008, 4:05:39 PM3/23/08

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On Sun, 23 Mar 2008 19:07:24 +0000, Graham Woodland
<gr...@graeghama.plus.comb.invalid> wrote in
<news:13udaje...@corp.supernews.com> in
rec.arts.sf.composition:

[...]

> For those who wonder, 'Graeghama' is Old English for
> 'greycoat', and appears as a kenning for 'wolf'.

And since written OE didn't generally indicate the length of
a vowel , it can also be 'grey cricket' (<háma> 'cricket'
versus <hama> 'a covering, a garment; the slough of a
snake').

[...]

Brian

Catja Pafort

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Mar 23, 2008, 5:40:22 PM3/23/08

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Brian M. Scott wrote:

> On Sun, 23 Mar 2008 19:07:24 +0000, Graham Woodland
> <gr...@graeghama.plus.comb.invalid> wrote
>

> [...]
>
> > For those who wonder, 'Graeghama' is Old English for
> > 'greycoat', and appears as a kenning for 'wolf'.
>
> And since written OE didn't generally indicate the length of
> a vowel , it can also be 'grey cricket' (<háma> 'cricket'
> versus <hama> 'a covering, a garment; the slough of a
> snake').

Jellyfish, nailed barnacles, and grey crickets: what *is* this newsgroup
coming to?

Catja

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Tina Hall

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Mar 23, 2008, 6:53:00 PM3/23/08

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Catja Pafort <green_...@greenknight.org.uk.invalid> wrote:

> Jellyfish, nailed barnacles, and grey crickets: what *is* this
> newsgroup coming to?

We have to feed all the vaccumed cats with something, no?

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Tina
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WISuspension: Seasons & Elements trilogy | Magic Earth series
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Brian M. Scott

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Mar 24, 2008, 12:25:09 AM3/24/08

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On Sun, 23 Mar 2008 21:40:22 +0000, Catja Pafort
<green_...@greenknight.org.uk.invalid> wrote in
<news:1ie9yt7.1y88vtsntdrb5N%green_...@greenknight.org.uk.invalid>
in rec.arts.sf.composition:

[...]

> Jellyfish, nailed barnacles, and grey crickets: what *is*
> this newsgroup coming to?

Not to mention a poliwog. And sharks. And even a zebra of
sorts. They probably all washed in on the Flood.

Brian

Julian Flood

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Mar 24, 2008, 6:50:52 AM3/24/08

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Brian M. Scott wrote:

> Not to mention a poliwog. And sharks. And even a zebra of
> sorts. They probably all washed in on the Flood.

The Julian Flood. That one plays hell with my ego-google.

JF
Not to mention the Australian soap star.

Bill Swears

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Mar 24, 2008, 9:34:58 AM3/24/08

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Let me get this straight. You're /not/ an Australian soap star?

Bill

Julian Flood

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Mar 24, 2008, 11:21:22 AM3/24/08

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Bill Swears wrote:

>> Not to mention the Australian soap star.
> Let me get this straight. You're /not/ an Australian soap star?

Not yet.

JF

David Friedman

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Mar 24, 2008, 12:43:07 PM3/24/08

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In article <13ufbg1...@corp.supernews.com>,
Bill Swears <wsw...@gci.net> wrote:

Surely an aqueous inundation shortly before the Augustan age.

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