Oh dear lord.
Also, as regards the post you made earlier, in a different thread (see "Berk and Her Amazing Tongue", A. T. Geordie 2011), it is not so much the actual word count that needs to be boosted, but the actual content: I am sorely lacking an argument.
( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Fri 14 Jan 2011, 14:19, 1 reply, 15 years ago)

Oh no you aren't.
I'm sorry, is this the full half-hour argument or just the five minutes?
(BrianHequator was stretching owls, on, or around, Fri 14 Jan 2011, 14:26, Reply)

If you want to argue with me, how far would you say that Virgil's use as a schoolbook was a detriment to the analysis of the Aeneid as a whole?
Please, take your time.
( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Fri 14 Jan 2011, 14:34, Reply)

Virgil's what?
Do you mean that the use of sections of the Aeneid in, for example, GCSE or A Level Latin lessons is detrimental to the analysis of the Aeneid as a whole?
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Fri 14 Jan 2011, 14:36, Reply)

I think "Virgil's use as a schoolbook" is a valid phrase.
And I'm not just talking about GCSE or A level. The Aeneid was first used as an object of study a few years after his death, and has been used for study of Latin for hundreds of years. Because scholars focus on the "highlights" (the fall of Troy, Dido), this author thinks that we can't see the Aeneid as a whole.

Do you agree?
( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Fri 14 Jan 2011, 14:43, Reply)

The phrase confused me, as Virgil's a person, and therefore would be odd to use as a schoolbook.
But anyway, people focus on the good bits all the time, especially with something as lengthy as the Aeneid. Even The Bible isn't studied as a whole, due to all the bits that got edited over the centuries and compiled into the Apocrypha.
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Fri 14 Jan 2011, 14:47, Reply)

And of course it depends if you're Catholic or Protestant as to which Bible you have
and the Bible is a load of pamphlets held together with a lot of faith. It's impossible to take The Word of God as...the word of God, when it's been through about 4 languages and countless translators.
( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Fri 14 Jan 2011, 14:51, Reply)

Most QOTW answers more closely resemble the truth than the Bible

( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Fri 14 Jan 2011, 14:56, Reply)

I'm quoting the Bible in this essay.

( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Fri 14 Jan 2011, 15:04, Reply)

Massively detrimental
because the Aenid is shit and dull and I hate it
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Fri 14 Jan 2011, 14:36, Reply)

Virtuous pagan my arse.

( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Fri 14 Jan 2011, 14:44, Reply)

In answer to your question
no more than Cicero. The popularity goes in roundabouts, no work or writer is sustained greatness, and overanalysis has contributed to a reading of Virgil through jaded eyes
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Fri 14 Jan 2011, 14:48, Reply)

Cicero can kindly go choke on a cock.

( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Fri 14 Jan 2011, 14:53, Reply)

My Latin lessons were never like this.
That's probably why I got a C in my GCSE.
(BrianHequator was stretching owls, on, or around, Fri 14 Jan 2011, 14:58, Reply)

Latin at uni is fantastic
Our core text last term was "Discuss the concept of the BFF", and this one it's "Poetry Porn".
( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Fri 14 Jan 2011, 15:02, Reply)

My thoughts precisely at the moment

( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Fri 14 Jan 2011, 15:08, Reply)

HE'S BEHIND YOU!!!!!

(LongJohnBaldry, Fri 14 Jan 2011, 14:37, Reply)

OH NOES HE IZNT.

(BrianHequator was stretching owls, on, or around, Fri 14 Jan 2011, 14:43, Reply)

OH YES YOU ARE

(LongJohnBaldry, Fri 14 Jan 2011, 14:44, Reply)

If he were he'd be getting beaten to death with a wheely-chair right about now
Virgil, I mean, not Brian.
( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Fri 14 Jan 2011, 14:45, Reply)

Ok, and if... *looks over your shoulder* ...Brian were behind you?

(LongJohnBaldry, Fri 14 Jan 2011, 14:49, Reply)

Ask him how the fuck he got in through the security and point him back in the direction of the Knight's

( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Fri 14 Jan 2011, 14:53, Reply)

You know he'll just get pulled into the gravitational well of the Oak

(LongJohnBaldry, Fri 14 Jan 2011, 14:59, Reply)

Awwww.
I miss GDS. When the weather's better, I might go back to that pub at London Bridge by the river, it's walking distance of where my friend lives now.

One of my sister's friends (an American, dear lord) is coming over to visit in... March, I think. She told me he had a liking for real ale, so I suggested the Porter (as it's in a nice area, things to see, etc.) Any other suggestions for me to pass on?
( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Fri 14 Jan 2011, 15:01, Reply)

I knew you'd want to go back to the Horniman.
As for your friend, I have many suggestions. It could be a long list, depending on how far he's prepared to travel for a pint.
(LongJohnBaldry, Fri 14 Jan 2011, 15:05, Reply)

Oh god, is that its name?
-holds head in hands-

If he's staying with sister, he'll be in Kennington. She works partly in the Westminster area, but she might have another job by that point. Knowing sister, she won't put up with going that far. I thought the Porter might be nice to tie in with a visit to the Market, which is walkable (not that she'd ever do it) from where she lives.
( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Fri 14 Jan 2011, 15:07, Reply)

All the above are far too sensible.
I will instead say ... about this far: |----------------------------------------------|
(BrianHequator was stretching owls, on, or around, Fri 14 Jan 2011, 14:40, Reply)

Ah, but is that using the metric '-' or the imperial one?

(LongJohnBaldry, Fri 14 Jan 2011, 14:47, Reply)

Those are some ancient hand-tooled imperial hyphens I had lying about on the workbench.
They're getting harder and harder to come by, it has to be said. I'm surprised you couldn't tell from the wood-grained pixels, though.
(BrianHequator was stretching owls, on, or around, Fri 14 Jan 2011, 14:55, Reply)

It's these new-fangled metric, digitised screens we're given
Sure, they reproduce everything with reasonable accuracy, but they lack that special warmth and clarity you used to get from a stone tablet.
(LongJohnBaldry, Fri 14 Jan 2011, 15:02, Reply)