Good morning CoSo.
Random shower thought: there are scathing comments, you can be unscathed, but I've never heard "scathe" in the present tense.
How many other verbs have we dropped a tense from daily use?
@0x56
Non-plussed? 🤔
Dismayed?
Have you ever been plussed, or mayed? 😂
Nonchalant?
I'm not sure what chalant is, but it sounds French.
I've often wondered about non-plussed versus plussed. Gruntled versus disgruntled.
@JanetZumba_FalPals @0x56
Gruntled! That was on the tip of my brain. It sounds bad, but using logic (which is clearly optional) gruntled would be a good thing.
See, that sounds like something a peasant in 1000 a.d. before any Normans came to England, holding a mug of home-brewed cider would say.
I do not know for sure when the normans came to England, but gruntled sounds like old English to me. Like "Yay! I didn't die of plague today! I'm gruntled!"
@janallmac @JanetZumba_FalPals @0x56
The Normans came with the arrival of William the Bastard in 1066.
The battle of Hastings was the decisive moment that ended the Anglo-Saxon era for England that began in the 400s.
@janallmac @JanetZumba_FalPals @0x56
So fun fact with the arrival of William the Bastard, and the Normans came French. The Language of the courts and nobility was French in England for 200 years after, not letting go until the middle of the 1200s.
This is where we get words like beef, cabbage, parliament, champion etc... Those all have French origins.
There are so many more too.
Anything with a Th- (This, Thing etc) comes from the Danelaw, and old Norse as well.
@NiveusLepus
I thought William was a Conquerer, not a Bastard? 🤔 Well, he was probably both. But... literally, or figuratively? 🤔
I did hear about all the different names for animals and the animal in the field vs. on the plate, and how the nobility spoke more French, apparently. I like this guy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dL2vtwdEFaY
He's got an absolutely spectacular face, don't you think?
@janallmac @JanetZumba_FalPals @0x56 He was known as William the Bastard before he was known as William the Conqueror, because he was born of an illegitimate relationship.
He also was not a very nice soul, so it kind of fits him better in my estimation.
@NiveusLepus
Yeah, makes sense. They were pretty matter-of-fact with the insults back then, too, weren't they?
@JanetZumba_FalPals @0x56
@janallmac @JanetZumba_FalPals @0x56
Well he did call his son Robert Curthose, Basically Robert Shortpants.
@janallmac @JanetZumba_FalPals @0x56 He also disrespected and denigrated him enough to push him towards a full rebellion.
@NiveusLepus
Oh my gosh! 😳
Kind of makes me regret calling my son Chicken Legs that one time when he was a week old and had not yet plumped out. He didn't speak English at the time, and they were cute chicken legs, and he certainly doesn't deserve that nickname today. Also, I never conquered any islands and generally never use slurs, so... Well, this is a better time to live in, overall.
To clarify: He was a literal newborn and it was actually a term of endearment.
@janallmac I think intent matters, most definitely, also he was a newborn. Language processing was not fully online yet.
Thing is, there is a well documented lifetime of abuse and insults between William and his oldest son.
In those times, cruelty was much more a matter of course for many. William the Bastard was sadly not unique for his time.
@NiveusLepus
That's really sad, though, in all seriousness. I hate when people mistreat their children, and it was such a matter of course for so many generations, like you say. 💔