tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13609842.post4954776820796629902..comments2023-10-30T09:26:32.732+00:00Comments on Now's the time: proclamation, fork, dragonflyAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06972049290586377462noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13609842.post-44253007046493565922009-03-31T10:28:00.000+01:002009-03-31T10:28:00.000+01:00Crow: I suppose it's because they hover like hawks...Crow: I suppose it's because they hover like hawks.<BR/><BR/>I've never read the Georgics, but sometimes feel that if Vergil hadn't written it, I would have wanted to. Memo to myself. Drop down to Halls's bookshop and see if you can find a copy in the Classical section at the back of the shop.<BR/><BR/>L: I have just been researching the origins of the word libellule, and find that it comes from the Latin, libella, which according to Petit Larouse, is "par allusion au vol plané de l'insecte". It surfaces in English books on insects and in Wikipedia as a genus of dragonfly in the family libelludiae.<BR/><BR/>BB<BR/>If I could sing in tune I would try. Made more familiar with the language than I used to be by Heidi and her friends, I am beginning to appreciate its great merits.<BR/><BR/>I thought that Alain de Botton's book,The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work sounded pretty good. I certainly like the idea of it, as I like the idea of the Georgics. I also thought that it would appeal to you and fitted in well with your concept of Works Well.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06972049290586377462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13609842.post-44934422552523495632009-03-31T09:20:00.000+01:002009-03-31T09:20:00.000+01:00Oh how tough we are on the Germans and their Lego-...Oh how tough we are on the Germans and their Lego-brick language. But try singing it to something by Schubert.<BR/><BR/>A belated apology to Alain de Botton. I over-reacted to the extract you posted. I have since read a longer piece from the same book in <EM>New Statesman</EM> and I realise that, technologically, he is on the side of the angels. A future Works Well post will involve some mild self-flagellation.Roderick Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16828395545197001637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13609842.post-59950971681523338532009-03-31T05:20:00.000+01:002009-03-31T05:20:00.000+01:00Very Georgic musings on forks and spades!I always ...Very Georgic musings on forks and spades!<BR/><BR/>I always muddle libellules up with nenuphars...Lucyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09764296105901909328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13609842.post-91829327515708904992009-03-30T18:50:00.000+01:002009-03-30T18:50:00.000+01:00In the southern United States, from which I hail, ...In the southern United States, from which I hail, we referred to dragonflies as mosquito hawks.<BR/><BR/>MarthaThe Crowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04846997590157958766noreply@blogger.com