[Milton-L] New to list - Epic Simile question/Paradise Lost

[Molly Hand]

Here are a couple of suggestions:

Don't post a quote from wikipedia as though it were an authoritative source.

As Christine points out, Milton-L is comprised of people who love Milton,
many of whom are leading scholars in Milton studies, and many of whom DO
like writing theses, and do so for a living, unlike yourself.  This is a
valuable resource.   Don't be snotty with the folks who are taking the time
to respond to your queries and who are being generous enough to try to help
you.  They could just say, go do your own research and make your mistakes
(and maybe should say, given your recent posts).

Molly



On Sun, Sep 28, 2008 at 2:26 AM, jonnyangel <junkopardner at comcast.net>wrote:

>  "Etymological dictionaries are the product of research in historical
> linguistics. For a large number of words in any language, the etymology will
> be uncertain, disputed, or simply unknown. In such cases, depending on the
> space available, an etymological dictionary will present various suggestions
> and perhaps make a judgment on their likelihood, and provide references to a
> full discussion in specialist literature."
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Etymological_dictionary
>
> Respectfully submitted,
> Jonathan Colburn, Plumber
> Bedford, In
>
>
>
>
> On 9/27/08 11:39 PM, "susan allison" <jbase484 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> Partridge's  Etymological Dictionary offers:
>
> from *norma, a carpenter's square you get ab-norma and e-norma.
> Ab-norma is "away from the square"-- abnormal
> whereas e-norma is "outside" of the square,
>
> if the carpenter's square is not just measurement but also "code of
> conduct"
> then Satan not only veers "away" from the code but actually subsumes it, is
> beyond a code of conduct, hence morally outrageous. Milton pushes the
> envelope in both directions.
>
> or so it seems to me.
>
> respectfully submitted,
> Susan Allison, Poet
> Middletown, Ct
>
> *On Sep 27, 2008, at 11:20 PM, jonnyangel wrote:
>
> I have quite a few, some even from the 20th century.
>
> Sounds like you might be in need of some newer ones...
>
> J
>
>
> On 9/27/08 11:15 PM, "gilliaca at jmu.edu" <gilliaca at jmu.edu> wrote:
>
>
>
> .>I'm aware of the various definitions of the word, .
>
> Actually, it does not, ever, refer to size. Get a good dictionary.
> C
> Cynthia A. Gilliatt
> English Department, JMU, ret.
> JMU Safe Zones supporter
> "You have made God in your own image when God hates the same people you
> hate."
> Fr. John Weston
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