tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1484180326012950400.post2830655843192169321..comments2024-03-27T23:55:17.673-07:00Comments on Flogging Babel: Forgotten Writers: Charles S. BrooksMichael Swanwickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18389836784776252022noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1484180326012950400.post-17557162990385622082021-10-21T18:31:35.820-07:002021-10-21T18:31:35.820-07:00I have all of Charles S Brooks books and absolutel...I have all of Charles S Brooks books and absolutely love them.!hudsonsbaymanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10972285792078883275noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1484180326012950400.post-5969278109876298242015-05-11T16:07:19.379-07:002015-05-11T16:07:19.379-07:00I also picked up a cheap volume called "Engli...I also picked up a cheap volume called "English Spring" by Brooks, about his travels in the west of England in about 1930, with his wife Mary Seymour, whose drawings add tremendously to Brooks' writing. I too was impressed by his word-smithing. Will try to find other books of his.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12177493974298445352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1484180326012950400.post-44478166722637249562014-10-13T12:52:51.429-07:002014-10-13T12:52:51.429-07:00I couldn't have said it better myself.I couldn't have said it better myself.Michael Swanwickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18389836784776252022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1484180326012950400.post-81473267209766279832014-10-13T12:31:15.474-07:002014-10-13T12:31:15.474-07:00https://www.google.ca/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instan...https://www.google.ca/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=dido+definition <br /><br />di·do<br />ˈdīdō/<br />noun NORTH AMERICAN informal<br />perform mischievous tricks or deeds.Zvihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00473961977209584155noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1484180326012950400.post-91013476198303908732014-10-13T12:26:23.506-07:002014-10-13T12:26:23.506-07:00OK, I give up: what's a "verbal dido"...OK, I give up: what's a "verbal dido"?<br />Google suggests something to do with the queen of Carthage?Geoffrey A. Landishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04518496779546782434noreply@blogger.com