tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7520303675367700778.post5345606241863497016..comments2024-03-26T22:57:21.033+00:00Comments on Random Views: The Lakes and a memorable but baleful thought from Thomas MoreDavid Beesonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00393977902379776532noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7520303675367700778.post-10536801462902495352009-05-22T23:09:41.569+01:002009-05-22T23:09:41.569+01:00I have to confess I was caught by the ambiguity - ...I have to confess I was caught by the ambiguity - I spent a while trying to work out who the 'unpeople' were. I think there's actually a comma too many: remove the one after 'unpeople' and it becomes clearer. That's seventeenth century punctuation for you (the translation is seventeenth; the original, in Latin, is from the early sixteenth). It was only when I checked the original that I realised I was misreading the English. My Latin is rubbish but even I could see 'depopulate' in 'oppida uastent ac depopulentur' - it's pretty easy to spot and suddenly 'unpeople' is clear.David Beesonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00393977902379776532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7520303675367700778.post-4222525113408635162009-05-22T14:50:20.113+01:002009-05-22T14:50:20.113+01:00That sentence really is quite ambiguous - I fell f...That sentence really is quite ambiguous - I fell for thinking the sheep were eating unpeople... would it be wrong to put a comma between "men" and "and". It seems more understandable that way, but the ways of commas are mysterious and beyond my understanding.Awoogamuffinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03868669228439003143noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7520303675367700778.post-75135294431547247212009-05-22T07:33:46.461+01:002009-05-22T07:33:46.461+01:00Ah, yes - Ashridge was wonderful, wasn't it?Ah, yes - Ashridge was wonderful, wasn't it?David Beesonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00393977902379776532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7520303675367700778.post-69724990418881111312009-05-21T20:10:31.637+01:002009-05-21T20:10:31.637+01:00Absolutely stunning pics of the District and of sh...Absolutely stunning pics of the District and of sheep, voracious or otherwise.<br />Also loved the bluebells, although that's one of the things I miss from BEDS.<br />SanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com