Dragaera

Evolving language

David Silberstein davids at kithrup.com
Sat Aug 17 14:34:57 PDT 2002

On Sat, 17 Aug 2002, Mark A Mandel wrote:

>On Sat, 17 Aug 2002, magical truthsaying bastard roney! wrote:
>
>#I have no joke here, i just like saying, "Thou look'st passing fair,
>#milady, excepst thou manglest the Queen's good English and your tits
>#are hanging out."
>
>If thou seekest consistency in thy speech, conclude instead by saying
>not "your tits", but "thy tits".

Well, it should actually have an attribution, since it's a quote:

   "Thou look'st passing fair, milady, excepst thou manglest the
   Queen's good English and your tits are hanging out." 
      -- Robert Gadling to his girlfriend Guenevere, in "The Wake:
         Sunday Mourning" (Sandman 73)

Rob (and Neil) knows the correct grammar, but he's taking the piss.