I'm actually surprised that you read the whole thing. It was one of those things where I started writing notes and then saw that it was 17 pages in MS Word and thought, "Oh fuck...no one was going to read this even if it were short and now I've gone beyond anything reasonable."
I could have written so much more about the coilles issue but I was worried that if anyone actually did read it they would think I, and not the author, was obsessed with the topic. Jean has Genius talk at length about how a descoillez man is no man at all. He really was obsessed with procreation. I think it was sort of an excuse for him - if there is a positive result then do whatever the fuck (literally) you want to.
Political correctness is the pettiest form of casuistry.
ἡ δὲ κἀκ τριῶν τρυπημάτων ἐργαζομένη ἐνεκάλει τῇ φύσει, δυσφορουμένη, ὅτι δὴ μὴ καὶ τοὺς τιτθοὺς αὐτῇ εὐρύτερον ἢ νῦν εἰσι τρυπώη, ὅπως καὶ ἄλλην ἐνταῦθα μίξιν ἐπιτεχνᾶσθαι δυνατὴ εἴη. – Procopius
Ummaka qinnassa nīk!
*MySmiley*
ἡ δὲ κἀκ τριῶν τρυπημάτων ἐργαζομένη ἐνεκάλει τῇ φύσει, δυσφορουμένη, ὅτι δὴ μὴ καὶ τοὺς τιτθοὺς αὐτῇ εὐρύτερον ἢ νῦν εἰσι τρυπώη, ὅπως καὶ ἄλλην ἐνταῦθα μίξιν ἐπιτεχνᾶσθαι δυνατὴ εἴη. – Procopius
Ummaka qinnassa nīk!
*MySmiley*
Le Roman de la Rose, by Guillaume de Lorris and, later, Jean de Meun
- 24/04/2014 03:11:03 PM
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That is a worthy contender for the title of longest post on this forum. 
- 24/04/2014 09:42:37 PM
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- 24/04/2014 09:42:37 PM
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The coilles thing was a big thing
- 25/04/2014 05:56:36 AM
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After all your comments, I could hardly back down halfway.
- 25/04/2014 08:10:48 PM
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- 25/04/2014 08:10:48 PM
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There were a lot of things I had to leave out, by necessity.
- 26/04/2014 12:43:13 AM
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Well, I did read it all and now I am tempted to read the poem in French shortly. Thanks. *NM*
- 25/04/2014 11:46:03 PM
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