tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1638916042737526171.post594585995823045692..comments2024-03-28T07:16:39.621+00:00Comments on Lallands Peat Worrier: Orality & Literacy; Gaelic & PatterLallands Peat Worrierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18276270498204697708noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1638916042737526171.post-25401189805670117442010-09-27T10:22:17.685+01:002010-09-27T10:22:17.685+01:00I forget its name, but I vividly recall the interi...I forget its name, but I vividly recall the interior of one of the churches I visited during a trip to Rome a few years ago. Used the the plainest of plain kirks, the excruciated, almost gangrenous painted Christ-figure hanging bodily from the wall was astonishing enough. However, the church walls were covered with a succession of images of the most brutal of Biblical sufferings. The theme was insistent across the building. An thoroughly instructive experience in the Catholic aesthetic, for this godless chap most familiar with the whitewashed woodiness of the Church of Scotland.Lallands Peat Worrierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07238432265194046726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1638916042737526171.post-47391653729835453622010-09-26T18:34:10.215+01:002010-09-26T18:34:10.215+01:00Heh. Or perhaps an S&M dungeon...Heh. Or perhaps an S&M dungeon...Conan the Librarian™https://www.blogger.com/profile/01904339261121451779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1638916042737526171.post-21667807754258105132010-09-26T13:49:31.835+01:002010-09-26T13:49:31.835+01:00That one made my chortle, Conan. I can just imagin...That one made my chortle, Conan. I can just imagine his shocked expression, your guileless friend smiling innocently, they soldier on. He says it again. The boss's eye begins to twitch. Funny.<br /><br />To go off on a related tangent, inspired by your second comment Conan, I've wondered about reconstructions of the sort before, but about Churches. Imagine, if you well, the "Christian world" collapses in on itself, relegated to forgetfulness, the Gospels and the Old News charred to dust. Years after, some future archaeologist is chipping into a buried vault in what was once Rome - and uncovers a complete, preserved church. How would they interpret it? It occurred to me that the crucified Jesus might well be taken to be the executed husband of Mary - leaving her a single mother - and the fat child on her knee re-imagined as their only begotten son.Lallands Peat Worrierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07238432265194046726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1638916042737526171.post-60003707766783987342010-09-26T13:40:28.232+01:002010-09-26T13:40:28.232+01:00Ha! Heaven knows what they thought he actually sai...Ha! Heaven knows what they thought he actually said. The hard "c" is quite distinct, making quite a stretch to hear "everyone". No doubt in part it was his entirely straight delivery which served to hoodwink them.Lallands Peat Worrierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07238432265194046726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1638916042737526171.post-53222954262938468372010-09-26T12:52:27.415+01:002010-09-26T12:52:27.415+01:00Reminds me of a friend being shown round his new w...Reminds me of a friend being shown round his new workplace in Yorkshire.<br />His new boss, friendly and outgoing at the start of the tour, was distinctly hostile by the end.<br />The response to his questions on my friend's familiarity on a piece of equipment being "Aye ah ken it" interpreted as "Aye cunt"...Conan the Librarian™https://www.blogger.com/profile/01904339261121451779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1638916042737526171.post-25205392892964493232010-09-25T21:25:29.762+01:002010-09-25T21:25:29.762+01:00Perhaps I am away off the beam here, but permit me...Perhaps I am away off the beam here, but permit me to provide a recent illustration of oral traditions colliding - the link below will take you to an extract from BBC North-West's 6 o'clock news on the occasion of the recent visit of Glasgow Rangers to play Manchester United - it appears that the Manchester-based editorial team has broadcast this wee snippet at 6pm without being fully aware of what the man from Glasgow had actually said - <br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=znYJXIw2UKwalmaxnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1638916042737526171.post-31833085628294855842010-09-25T19:47:17.919+01:002010-09-25T19:47:17.919+01:00That is the point Lallands.
Who knows exactly wh...That is the point Lallands. <br /><br />Who knows exactly what was burned? The clay tablets of Mesopotamia started off as mere accounting-but developed.<br /><br />Imagine trying to recreate English lit from a handful of pay-in books and a Mills & Boon paperback...Conan the Librarian™https://www.blogger.com/profile/01904339261121451779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1638916042737526171.post-59588230268807047622010-09-25T10:39:00.021+01:002010-09-25T10:39:00.021+01:00"Literature" seems to me to be a somewha..."Literature" seems to me to be a somewhat ambivalent phrase and I'm not sure if Ong would include the knotting figurations of Quipu in that concept. Interesting question, really. As to its suppression, no doubt like most modern Churchmen, he found himself caught between repentance and justification, harried by the ghost of Galileo and his bloodied companions.Lallands Peat Worrierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07238432265194046726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1638916042737526171.post-36855667927395507362010-09-24T20:42:45.775+01:002010-09-24T20:42:45.775+01:00I wonder if the learned Father included Ogham and ...I wonder if the learned Father included Ogham and Quipu in that list, both helped into extinction by his church...Conan the Librarian™https://www.blogger.com/profile/01904339261121451779noreply@blogger.com