Special:Contributions/Eli Bishop

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17:07, 28 July 2013 diff hist +296‎ N Chapter 5 ‎ Created page with "<div class="ch_top"> ;(The littl witey bloak; Goodparley & Orfing) :We meet a representative of the powers that be, and hear rumors of the arrival of two others. </div> {{:A_..."
17:03, 28 July 2013 diff hist +383‎ N Chapter 4 ‎ Created page with "<div class="ch_top"> ;(Berning and wording; Lorna's tel; new connexion man) : Eulogies for Brooder Walker, and Lorna's summary of the magical significance of recent events. Ri..."
17:02, 28 July 2013 diff hist +712‎ N A 19 27 ‎ Created page with "* {{PP|3|19|27}} "They bilt the {{Ix|Power Ring}} thats where you see the {{Ix|Ring Ditch}} now. They put in the {{Ix|1 Big 1}}" This is one of two conflicting explanations fo..."
17:01, 28 July 2013 diff hist +432‎ N A 19 13 ‎ Created page with "* {{PP|3|19|13}} "the Nos. of the rain bow and the {{Ix|Power}} of the air" Riddley always {{Ix|capitalized words|capitalizes}} these words, as well as other myth-terms like {..."
17:00, 28 July 2013 diff hist +704‎ N A 18 33 ‎ Created page with "* {{PP|3|18|33}} "they wernt moving on the lan no mor they startit in to form it" Here is an explicit parallel between Riddley's time and our own distant past: the transition ..."
16:59, 28 July 2013 diff hist +56‎ N A 17 17 ‎ Created page with "* {{PP|3|17|17}} "Why the Dog Wont Show Its {{Ix|Eyes}}""
16:59, 28 July 2013 diff hist +321‎ N A 17 14 ‎ Created page with "* {{PP|3|17|14}} "Thats what happens with peopl on the way down from what they ben. The storys go" Lorna is lamenting the breakdown of the oral tradition. As the book continue..."
16:58, 28 July 2013 diff hist +553‎ N A 16 11 ‎ Created page with "* {{PP|3|16|11}} "{{Ix|Arga warga}}" An exclamation meaning that someone has met with a bad fate ("uh-oh"). Hoban explains it as "onomatopoeia suggestive of gobbling-up" {{By|..."
16:57, 28 July 2013 diff hist +349‎ N Chapter 3 ‎ Created page with "<div class="ch_top"> ;("Why the Dog Wont Show Its Eyes"; the 1 Big 1) :Dogs are one of the only wild animals left, and are now very far from domesticated. Lorna tells Riddley ..."
16:55, 28 July 2013 diff hist +48‎ N A 15 18 ‎ Created page with "* {{PP|2|15|18}} "How Fents" See Places."
16:54, 28 July 2013 diff hist +128‎ N A 15 8 ‎ Created page with "* {{PP|2|15|8}} "we got back to {{Ix|fents}}" Riddley and the other hunter-gatherers live in a semi-permanent fenced settlement."
16:54, 28 July 2013 diff hist +240‎ N A 14 23 ‎ Created page with "* {{PP|2|14|23}} "There ben the {{Ix|dead towns}} all them years. Ram out poasts in 1 part of them" All the towns listed in {{Ix|Fools Circel 9wys}} are dead towns, apparently..."
16:53, 28 July 2013 diff hist +126‎ N A 14 12 ‎ Created page with "* {{PP|2|14|12}} "hevvys there on rota from the Ram" Hired muscle on rotation from the central government. See Places."
16:53, 28 July 2013 diff hist +258‎ N A 13 21 ‎ Created page with "* {{PP|2|13|21}} "{{Ix|blips}} nor {{Ix|syn|syns}}" More pseudo-technological words. "Blip" or "blipful" is used frequently to mean either mystically significant signs or fant..."
16:52, 28 July 2013 diff hist +224‎ N A 13 14 ‎ Created page with "* {{PP|2|13|14}} "Made his {{Ix|Plomercy}}" This word, a combination of ''diplomacy'' and ''mercy'', is capitalized like other important intangibles ({{Ix|Power}}, {{Ix|Trubba..."
16:51, 28 July 2013 diff hist +507‎ N A 12 2 ‎ Created page with "* {{PP|2|12|2}} "{{Ix|Bessup, Reckman|Reckman Bessup}} he wer ther {{Ix|connexion man}} he brung the comping station. What we callit dead mans iron" Though "{{Ix|connexion}}" ..."
16:50, 28 July 2013 diff hist +48‎ N A 11 33 ‎ Created page with "* {{PP|2|11|33}} "comping station" Compensation."
16:50, 28 July 2013 diff hist +193‎ N A 10 31 ‎ Created page with "* {{PP|2|10|31}} "Heard it and the news of 10" I.e., heard it on the ten o'clock news. (Furthermore, a reference to a specific programme, ''News at Ten'', on the British ITV c..."
16:49, 28 July 2013 diff hist +455‎ N A 9 29 ‎ Created page with "* {{PP|2|9|29}} "London Town is drownt this day" As we can see from the map that begins the book (see places), the coastline has changed considerably since our time; most ..."
16:47, 28 July 2013 diff hist +214‎ N A 9 14 ‎ Created page with "* {{PP|2|9|14}} "{{Ix|Empty, Straiter|Straiter Empy}} our {{Ix|Big Man}}" The Big Man is the head of a settlement. Straiter is one of several characters whose name is a pun: "..."
16:47, 28 July 2013 diff hist +152‎ N A 9 12 ‎ Created page with "* {{PP|2|9|12}} "our hardes {{Ix|hevvy}} {{Ix|Crunchman, Fister|Fister Crunchman}}" "Heavy" in the sense of a big strong guy, presumably not too bright."
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16:43, 28 July 2013 diff hist +2,293‎ N A 9 8 ‎ Created page with "* {{PP|2|9|8}} "a 16 man treadl crane with 2 weals" 1st-century Roman crane with a single wheel. Medieval 2-wheel Belgian crane. [[File:crane-rome-small.jpg|frame|left|l..."
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16:37, 28 July 2013 diff hist +154‎ N A 8 16 ‎ Created page with "* {{PP|2|8|16}} "Ive never liket {{Ix|No.|12}} its a {{Ix|judgd men}} number" Twelve jury members; twelve disciples. Riddley has just turned 12 years old."
16:37, 28 July 2013 diff hist +172‎ N A 8 12 ‎ Created page with "* {{PP|2|8|12}} "I were the loan of my {{Ix|name}}" I.e., I was the only one left with my name (''loan'' is used elsewhere to mean ''alone''); or, my name was loaned to me."
16:36, 28 July 2013 diff hist +582‎ N Chapter 2 ‎ Created page with "<div class="ch_top"> ;(Widders Dump; an accident and an offering; dead towns; comping station) : Further evidence that Riddley lives in the far future rather than the distant ..."
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15:47, 28 July 2013 diff hist +3,531‎ N Contributors ‎ Created page with "If you would like to be on this list, you are invited! {| |{{Contrib|AP}} |'''Anne Percoco''' is an artist and archaeology enthusiast living in New Jersey. ..."
15:32, 28 July 2013 diff hist +1,024‎ N A 5 31 ‎ Created page with "* {{PP|1|5|31}} "then we freshent the Luck" This phrase for lovemaking conveys the idea of sex as a magical ritual (freshening the luck) but is also a sly bit of Cockney-style..."
15:30, 28 July 2013 diff hist +115‎ N A 5 18 ‎ Created page with "* {{PP|1|5|18}} "she ben {{Ix|smoking|smoaking}} she wer hy" Tobacco has not survived in England, but cannabis has."
15:30, 28 July 2013 diff hist +181‎ N A 5 13 ‎ Created page with "* {{PP|1|5|13}} "the Ardship going roun the circel til it come {{Ix|chopping}} time. He bustit out after the 3rd chop" The origin of this game will become clearer in [[Chapter..."
15:29, 28 July 2013 diff hist +1,611‎ N A 5 2 b ‎ Created page with "* {{PP|1|5|2|b}} "{{Ix|Fools Circel 9wys}}" The map at the beginning of the book shows the place names in this song moving inward in a spiral. See places for more about the si..."
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15:25, 28 July 2013 diff hist +350‎ N A 5 2 a ‎ Created page with "* {{PP|1|5|2}} "getting the {{Ix|tel}} of the head" Riddley uses ''tel'' to mean a divination or prophecy; see {{Ix|connexion man}} and {{Ix|tel woman}}. Besides "tell," the w..."