tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6540771071400993487.post6135418821960578951..comments2024-03-27T07:14:36.800-04:00Comments on <b>Dawn Potter</b>: Dawn Potterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07500960150846895633noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6540771071400993487.post-51669607411722657852021-10-11T07:40:58.494-04:002021-10-11T07:40:58.494-04:00Monosyllabic words? That is so interesting. Certai...Monosyllabic words? That is so interesting. Certainly English is a mongrel language, though I find the characteristic charming. But I take your point: I often feel a similar attraction when reading Beowulf.Dawn Potterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07500960150846895633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6540771071400993487.post-55281451934971258332021-10-11T07:17:25.116-04:002021-10-11T07:17:25.116-04:00How blessed were poets who wrote at the dawn of li...How blessed were poets who wrote at the dawn of literature, their métier seems so primal. Our language grows diffuse, expansive and extraneous, which may be why, in English, I find myself drawn to monosyllabic words of late.David X. Novakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00333764838587758028noreply@blogger.com