Englyshe" passages for an English project in college. Oh, the pain...
er "pyne".
- Jim
Kevin Graeme wrote:
>That's the funniest damn thing I've seen in a long ass time.
>
>(Okay, maybe it was all the time spent reading middle english stuff in
>school.)
>
>-Kevin
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Jim Campbell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Sent: Monday, January 05, 2004 10:51 AM
>Subject: Re: bling bling (Was RE: lord of the rhymes)
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>>You forgot the second paragraph:
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>>Ryollyn inne hyes Eysecalayde, phyatte baeayettes pyeaumpyn,
>>blinge-blinge shyneyen, ayll hys hyomies ere jyumpyn.
>>
>>- Jim
>>
>>Kevin Graeme wrote:
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>>>The oldest recorded use of the word according to the OED was in 1303:
>>>
>>>1. A bulgy bag. Obs.
>>>
>>> 1303 R. BRUNNE Handl. Synne 502 ere was a wycche, and made a bagge, A
>>>
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>bely
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>>>of leyr, a grete swagge.
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>>>
>>>-Kevin
>>>
>>>----- Original Message -----
>>>From: "Harkins,Patrick" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>>To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>>Sent: Monday, January 05, 2004 10:31 AM
>>>Subject: RE: bling bling (Was RE: lord of the rhymes)
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>>>>I do remember the skit but not the large bag. Is that where the term
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>swag
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>>>>originated? I always wondered about that too! Thanks for the
>>>>explanation....!
>>>>-Pat
>>>>
>>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>>From: Jim Campbell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>>>Sent: January 5, 2004 11:26 AM
>>>>To: CF-Community
>>>>Subject: Re: bling bling (Was RE: lord of the rhymes)
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>>>>
>>>>Remember John Cleese in that Monty Python skit as Dennis Moore riding
>>>>through the land, stealing lupins from innocent travellers in a large
>>>>bag labelled "SWAG"? If the lupins were in fact flashy jewelry, and the
>>>>bag were labeled "Bling-Bling", well, then you have your answer.
>>>>
>>>>- Jim, in a roundabout way.
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