Congrats to Flip

Well, one person guessed on my mystery quote from two posts ago, and that person — Flip — got it! I was not expecting anyone to properly guess Sir Gawain and the Green Knight on that passage… it is pretty tough considering it was in untranslated Northern Middle English. (The other quote, of course, was the opening to the Canterbury tales). That means Flip now has 10 asisaid points. Flip is going to force me to come up with an even harder challenge now!

At any rate, I always think comparing the Gawain poet's writings with Chaucer's is interesting. It is remarkable to consider that both of them were writing in “English” at the same time period and in the “same” language, and yet one is remarkably hard to read — well, Chaucer ain't a walk in the park either, but Gawain is almost too far removed from modern English to even comprehend without the aid of a translation.

Here is the current asisaid point lineup from past “point contests”:

1. 20 pts. Christopher.
2. 10 pts. Flip

They can redeem their points at the nearest asisaid point vendor. “It's not everywhere you want to be.”