Etymology chart (kind of)

For other lovers of the written word and all things language related!

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Rime of the Ancient Mariner

The longest poem by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, at the dawn of the Romantic poets era, if long poems and flights of fancy are for you, here is a LINK to the full text

These illustrations are by Gustave Dore and accompany the text well.

Even without a wikipedia entry pointing it all out, many have probably heard many a reference to this poem in many a way. Referenced in The Simpsons, Firefly, QI, everywhere!

It was considered a GOOD omen to see an Albatross (alive!) at sea, Captain Malcolm Reynolds knew that ;)

If you like metal, Iron Maiden have a brilliant 13 and a half minute spectacular based on the poem. Apart from perhaps demonising the poor little albatross a touch much, it contains lines from the poem and is a brilliant adaptation of it

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Other Wordly

LINK to one of the best Tumblrs on the net!

Wordsmiths and keepers of the letters, for you

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Marcel Proust poem drawing

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Grand taxonomy of Shakespearean insults

Available here

So brilliant. My favourite insult ever is one my sister told me, from a Robin Hobb book "you misbegotten piece of wharf trash" waiting for the day I can use it

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Well known Diarists: Marilyn Monroe

Rather than being about famous people who happened to have a diary/ journal, I'm thinking of tackling a series of posts about people who keep/kept journals.

I don't want this to veer into the murky waters of pretence or how everyone with a slightly melancholic personality considers themselves a writer, more people who got to speak for themselves.

I've always been interested in journals and their keepers and what compels people to write.

The idea that social media is the modern day equivalent of journal keeping is one that kind of makes me sad, sometimes when you hold something complete with coffee stains and teardrops, food smears, ticket stubs, it's better than just a picture with a caption

Do any of you keep a journal? What kind, and if online, please link away in comments! :)

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Niceness: 

from selected poems by Pablo Neruda. 

Crazy weather patterns, they only enhance those mountains though! 

Yes this clip is in overuse because it was in Amelie, but that aerial shot of the horse at the front of the pack over the bridge is dynamically beautiful:

Paperblanks journals:

Left: Gold Inlay design and Right: Damas Marble 

These beauties are courtesy of fine stationery makers Paper blanks. As an avid journal writer and keen history nerd, i always feel that what im writing is at home in these marvellous tomes, you can look at more of their beauties here

Look at the beauty of the colours in the Safavid style:

Picked this up at an op shop for $5 saw it the next day at an antique shop for $50:

Not a fan of serious 'proper' jewellery, the Betsey Johnson earrings are for a friend from my lovely sister, what a fun pair of ear spanglers! Arwen's pendant was from my sister, my Tom Binns flying fuck was from the other half as a 21st present and the 'saucepan lid' as it's known is from the same op shop as her ^ 

What kind of bits have you all found at op shops? little magnificent treasure troves that they are 

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