Also, is the hazer con all in shorthand or spelt out? If spelt out I could concur with L.H. about the added titillation WR to a foreign language (A Fish Called Wanda comes to mind - albeit Russian). But if the racy bits are in short hand, interpretation (for us) would be extra difficult I would think.
Class. If I understand correctly -- as a Lord you are a procurer but as a plebeian you would be a pimp. Or is it that anyone working on behalf of a King is automatically a procurer? Is this us allowing language to work against us or our prejudices bolstering societal constraints?
Comments
Second Reading
About Tuesday 17 March 1667/68
Gerald Berg • Link
Right.
"he doubts they will not do it"
I think this is what threw me off the sense. It still does!
About Tuesday 17 March 1667/68
Gerald Berg • Link
"they will not do it so as to be seasonable for the King:"
Seasonable? I thought I knew what it meant but maybe not.
About Sunday 15 March 1667/68
Gerald Berg • Link
Brings a couple of idle questions to mind.
Does Pepys name drop while hazer conning?
Also, is the hazer con all in shorthand or spelt out? If spelt out I could concur with L.H. about the added titillation WR to a foreign language (A Fish Called Wanda comes to mind - albeit Russian). But if the racy bits are in short hand, interpretation (for us) would be extra difficult I would think.
About Saturday 14 March 1667/68
Gerald Berg • Link
Extraordinary story Sarah!
About Friday 13 March 1667/68
Gerald Berg • Link
"not over well, her breast being broke out with heat, which troubles her, "
This doesn't sound good...
About Wednesday 11 March 1667/68
Gerald Berg • Link
I have not seen an 180 degree turn on an entry interpretation in the annotations until today! Happy weeding Kew.
About Friday 28 February 1667/68
Gerald Berg • Link
"especially the hectors and bravadoes of the House..."
It this a description or a turn of phrase?
About Saturday 22 February 1667/68
Gerald Berg • Link
Musurgia: Ah, for the times when the devil was in the tritone and equal temperament hadn't compromised our ear with immoral sounds!
About Friday 21 February 1667/68
Gerald Berg • Link
Thanks Glyn. I was envisaging pigs.
About Monday 17 February 1667/68
Gerald Berg • Link
Pimp/procurer/spy-- which intelligence was really valued by Chuck?-- "Lord Arlington’s, in giving him 10,000l. and a barony for it."
About Monday 10 February 1667/68
Gerald Berg • Link
Class. If I understand correctly -- as a Lord you are a procurer but as a plebeian you would be a pimp. Or is it that anyone working on behalf of a King is automatically a procurer? Is this us allowing language to work against us or our prejudices bolstering societal constraints?
About Sunday 9 February 1667/68
Gerald Berg • Link
Always wondered why I my books embarrass me.
About Friday 31 January 1667/68
Gerald Berg • Link
Thanks Terry, but I think I'll skip that particular hymn.
About Sunday 19 January 1667/68
Gerald Berg • Link
I see in the portrait of Buckingham by Lely that he doesn't look anything like Chas. girlfriends!
About Monday 13 January 1667/68
Gerald Berg • Link
I always thought a murder/spy mystery set in that state of the art rope yard a great idea. Colour is now being added. Walk on parts galore.
About Monday 13 January 1667/68
Gerald Berg • Link
And to Batman! Hilarious, Stephane.
About Sunday 12 January 1667/68
Gerald Berg • Link
Pepys uses 'foul' for weather also.
About Sunday 12 January 1667/68
Gerald Berg • Link
Hopefully there is some wisdom somewhere in that particular Psalm other than a scamming of parishioners with monied piety?
About Saturday 11 January 1667/68
Gerald Berg • Link
Of course, we shouldn't forget that Chas. seemed to have had a 'type' of woman in mind so, not entirely Lely's fault.
About Saturday 11 January 1667/68
Gerald Berg • Link
Just the same painter-- mediocre Peter Lely. Chuck's fav.