nameraka Posted March 27, 2022 Share Posted March 27, 2022 I knew, obviously, that British English sometimes spells things differently, but I didn't know they spelled tire with a Y until about 15 minutes ago. how could I have possibly lived my entire life without knowing this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bnmjy Posted March 27, 2022 Share Posted March 27, 2022 Aren't you an English professor? You need to go to gaol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nameraka Posted March 28, 2022 Author Share Posted March 28, 2022 8 hours ago, bnmjy said: Aren't you an English professor? You need to go to gaol. I mostly teach 'merican. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bnmjy Posted March 28, 2022 Share Posted March 28, 2022 8 hours ago, nameraka said: I mostly teach 'merican. As if you don't wax poetically about Jane Austen's sex life to your students. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nameraka Posted March 28, 2022 Author Share Posted March 28, 2022 1 hour ago, bnmjy said: As if you don't wax poetically about Jane Austen's sex life to your students. Honestly, these days I mostly teach technical writing to active duty military types. Ive yet to figure out a way to work Jane Austen's sex life into a lecture on how to format APA style memo reports... But I'm working on it. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scoobdog Posted March 28, 2022 Share Posted March 28, 2022 3 hours ago, bnmjy said: As if you don't wax poetically about Jane Austen's sex life to your students. I don't think anyone can wax poetically about Jane Austen's sex life more than Jane Austen, so what would even be the point? Now, waxing poetic about the Sir Gawain's sex life with Sir Bertilak.... that's an impressive feat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bnmjy Posted March 28, 2022 Share Posted March 28, 2022 3 minutes ago, scoobdog said: I don't think anyone can wax poetically about Jane Austen's sex life more than Jane Austen, so what would even be the point? Now, waxing poetic about the Sir Gawain's sex life with Sir Bertilak.... that's an impressive feat. Eh, I was more referring to English professors' tendencies to be obsessed with nineteenth century literature. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scoobdog Posted March 28, 2022 Share Posted March 28, 2022 2 minutes ago, bnmjy said: Eh, I was more referring to English professors' tendencies to be obsessed with nineteenth century literature. Oh, I know. I think that's partly why Sir Gawain and The Green Knight gets the attention it does, despite being late medieval. There's a sense of homoeroticism in the work that really seems to mesh with similar themes that often pop up in English Romantic works. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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