medievalists are weird

[highlyeccentric]

Laurence Warner is definitely high-ranking in the Medieval Weirdness Stakes. (i like him for it)

Final E! It sounds really subversive... Queer Theory and Final E! Are y'all ready for some Final E action, guys? *bangs the table, in a distressingly chirpy manner reminiscent of coaches in American school movies* I thought so! *looks down at his page for a moment* The scribe of the L manuscript just didn't understand Final E. So what you gonna do, when you need that Final E, and your base text just doesn't have it?

I was telling Tocky about it. She looked puzzled. I compared it to "magic E" in primary school. She looked even more puzzled. Apparently she thought "final E" sounded like drugs more than spelling...

Comments

[daiskmeliadorn.livejournal.com]

yes, and calling it "magic E" tends to lend itself more to the drugs-interpretation...

[highlyeccentric.livejournal.com]

apparently it does...