tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post8476723552322966643..comments2024-03-29T11:51:21.473+00:00Comments on Bruce Charlton's Notions: What was the advantage of alliterative verse in Middle English? "A master key to the dialects"Bruce Charltonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-23721071723830228762013-04-21T07:46:49.012+01:002013-04-21T07:46:49.012+01:00Any auld alliteration
shows sometimes some saggit...Any auld alliteration <br />shows sometimes some saggitation <br />if inclined in inspiration <br />addles all anticipation. <br />For philosophies fall foul <br />of often offering oeuf or owl <br />if I instead imagine it <br />wheretofore whence where was wit. <br />The Crowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04323413604073160469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-29110295031329805002013-04-20T12:34:22.150+01:002013-04-20T12:34:22.150+01:00@d - The Normans, presumably...@d - The Normans, presumably...Bruce Charltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-80482946990762099772013-04-20T11:35:15.160+01:002013-04-20T11:35:15.160+01:00"the remote Western counties": remote fr..."the remote Western counties": remote from where?deariemenoreply@blogger.com