Truthiness and Kindling

Posted on June 24, 2009 by JE

1. My Blog Gate post for the week is up. This one is about legends, the pirate queen of Ireland, phlegm and other types of humor.

2. Morlock may be immune from fire, but he has been Kindled.

About JE

James Enge is the author of the World-Fantasy-Award-nominated novel Blood of Ambrose (Pyr, April 2009). His latest book is The Wide World's End. His short fiction has appeared in Black Gate, Tales from the Magician's Skull, The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction and elsewhere.
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3 Responses to Truthiness and Kindling

  1. peadarog says:
    June 24, 2009 at 7:08 am

    Of course the exchange took place in Latin since neither spoke the other’s language. But the real international language, it seems, is snot. Who knew?

    • JE says:
      June 24, 2009 at 2:50 pm

      I wonder how much their Latin sounded like the same language–English vowels had shifted pretty strongly away from the continental norm by then. But it would have been more effective than most of the alternatives (except, of course, snot).

      • peadarog says:
        June 24, 2009 at 2:54 pm

        Yes, English vowels had shifted, while Irish vowels were still pretty close to the continental norm. But maybe Rome still had some influence on Ireland and England wouldn’t have been that far from it. Would be interested to know…

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