Monty Python and the Holy Grail
In subject movie, some French soldiers call King Arthur an "English kinnigit" while mocking him (I'm not sure how to spell "kinnigit" so I took a phonetic stab.)Is kinnigit (or however you spell it)...
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Look hard at the word "knight", and all will become clear.BTW, the term isn't directed at Arthur himself. The actual line is "I blow my nose at you, so-called Arthur King, you and all your silly...
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I think the French are mocking the English "kn" spelling for the "n" sound in "knight", there being no equivalent of course in French. I remember my old dad used to say things like "kernife" when he...
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In the days of King Arthur (roughly 4th century? if he existed), the pronunciation may have been very much like that--hard K, gurgled GH and all.MWO gives this etymology for Knight: Middle English,...
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From I'm A Gnu by Flanders and Swanwww.bestchildrensmusic.com/lyrc_sib.htmI'm a GnuI'm a Gnua g-nother GnuI wish I could g-nash my teeth at youRead More
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In high school, we had tapes with spoken texts in Middle English. I was surprised to hear that in those days the pronunciation was not as different from Dutch as it is today. 'Syr Gawayne and the...
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ElizaD, are you suggesting that it was a Holy G-rail?
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I dont ordinarily google for one-upsmanship type of fluff, but this time I did and found a pretty good new (gnu?) poem:http://www.funnypoets.com/hughthegnu.htmHugh (The Gnu)...Read More
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Come to think of it, ElizaD, wasn't it a 'wildebeest?'(G-nor am I in the least like that dreadful heartebeest)
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You were right (except for spelling!).www.gnuworld.co.za/gnus
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