NationStates Jolt Archive

Some of mine:

1. Long-s and "ct" ligatures
2. Abbreviations for names, e.g., Jos. or Wm.
3. Censoring profanity with long dashes
4. Old geographical names
5. "Mahomedan"

Some of mine:

1. Long-s and "ct" ligatures
2. Abbreviations for names, e.g., Jos. or Wm.
3. Censoring profanity with long dashes
4. Old geographical names
5. "Mahomedan"

It would have to be old geographical names.

A Simpson's quote comes to mind.

Burns: Yes, I'd like to send this letter to the Prussian consulate in Siam by aeromail. Am I too late for the 4:30 autogyro?
Kid: Uh, I better look in the manual.
Burns: (groans) Oh, the ignorance.

Thou, thee, thine, usage of thine and mine before nouns starting with vowels. The -st and -th endings.

Thibet. It's much more appealing.

I adore the use of ironic, or sincere, flattery, such as "esteemed sir", elaborate ethnic terms, and old geographical terms are so mush mroe fun than modern terms.

I adore the use of ironic, or sincere, flattery, such as "esteemed sir", elaborate ethnic terms, and old geographical terms are so mush mroe fun than modern terms.
People tell me I shouldn't end a letter with the salution following.

Honoured to be your humble servant,
Kenneth C. Sumner

They say the reader will think it's insulting. What the fuck am I supposed to write?

Why don't you take a flying fuck at a rolling doughnut?
Kenneth C. Sumner

btw, I got it from "A Slaver's Diary" or something like that.
and the flying fuck thing is from some Kurt Vonnegut Jr. book, I forget which

I like the word "usward". Moving towards us.

I love to use faux-Shakespearian whenever possible. Dunno why.

People tell me I shouldn't end a letter with the salution following.

Honoured to be your humble servant,
Kenneth C. Sumner

They say the reader will think it's insulting. What the fuck?

Quite. I was, to my eternal shame, rejected employment by ASDA for the following:

I sincerely believe I would be an entirely succesful employee at ASDA since I possess the correct capacities and inclinations, and an awareness and respect for the thoroughly laudable and esteemed amnner in which ASDA is generally held.

Ironic, moi, never...:p

As for the letters, I habitually conclude letters with the following

Your sincere and humble servent
Mr. Christopher Dale

(incidentally, would QC, phD, Lord or Sir be a more appealling title?)

Quite. I was, to my eternal shame, rejected employment by ASDA for the following:

I sincerely believe I would be an entirely succesful employee at ASDA since I possess the correct capacities and inclinations, and an awareness and respect for the thoroughly laudable and esteemed amnner in which ASDA is generally held.
You probably got rejected because after "capacities", "inclinations" and "laudable" you couldn't spell "manner".

(incidentally, would QC, phD, Lord or Sir be a more appealling title?)
Mr. seems the most humble, so I'd go with that one, even if I was a supreme court justice moonlighting as a retired general/prime minister who just happens to be a practicing neurosurgeon

i like the correct (?) use of diphthongs, like encyclopædia and mediæval.

Mr. seems the most humble, so I'd go with that one, even if I was a supreme court justice moonlighting as a retired general/prime minister who just happens to be a practicing neurosurgeon
Surgeons use Mister not Doctor in any case: Doctor's are GPs and consultants, not types with the necessary training and qualifications to go cutting people open.

You probably got rejected because after "capacities", "inclinations" and "laudable" you couldn't spell "manner".
lol u got served

What are your favorite archaisms?
Just to annoy Americans, I use British spellings even when the British have generally taken up the American spelling. One of my favourites would be daemon. And whenever the subject of spelling comes up, I always make sure I can use the spelt spelling.

Generally when I am being an asshole I adopt as many archaisms as possible and start in with a generally fawning and worshipful tone.

Surgeons use Mister not Doctor in any case: Doctor's are GPs and consultants, not types with the necessary training and qualifications to go cutting people open.

I thought it was Consultants who were "Mr." the rest being "Dr."

Maybe it s different across the pond, or one of us is wrong:)


I quite like archaic insults.

Letter endings are a favourite of mine. I thought "Yours, etc." was something made up by Monty Python until I actually saw it used seriously in Pride and Prejudice.

Speaking of which, I find that using a capital letter followed by a dash for the proper name of a location is much superior to simply making up a name (e.g. the village of P----). I think that's why I like "The Shire" in the Lord of the Rings series; in my mind, it comes up as "The ----shire").

Ah, such fun. Well, that's all I have, but I humbly remain

Yours, etc.
William Knickers

I quite like archaic insults.

By the Kings bowel that badger turd speaks true, I would also love to learn anglo-saxon (without all that Oxbridge dross) eoforwich for jorvik that sort of thing.

Calling wassheil in a bar raises the eybrows (and a few Pints) mind you I am a real ale fan so that is quite an archaism in itself

By the Kings bowel that badger turd speaks true, I would also love to learn anglo-saxon (without all that Oxbridge dross) eoforwich for jorvik that sort of thing.

Calling wassheil in a bar raises the eybrows (and a few Pints) mind you I am a real ale fan so that is quite an archaism in itself
wh