tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post364020280757299694..comments2024-03-25T15:07:41.959+00:00Comments on Nigeness: Gilbert WhiteNigehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13314891387515045404noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-14500881982619774872010-07-19T11:43:12.463+01:002010-07-19T11:43:12.463+01:00Worm is very interested in terroir. As Brit noted,...Worm is very interested in terroir. As Brit noted, there are parallels there.<br /><br />And you don't get much change out of a tortoise.Gareth Williamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05058241057385364459noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-92139759715145722232010-07-19T11:20:57.182+01:002010-07-19T11:20:57.182+01:00They do indeed Brit, they seem like Stoic philosop...They do indeed Brit, they seem like Stoic philosophers - and their shells are enviable. Testudophile might be a phile too far - hirundophile beats 'lover of swallows, swifts and martins' or indeed 'lover of hirundines'. I rest my case.Nigehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13314891387515045404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-90726054569277168532010-07-19T10:48:51.370+01:002010-07-19T10:48:51.370+01:00Given that you hit us with 'hirundophile',...Given that you hit us with 'hirundophile', Nige, 'tortoise-lover' is a bit lame and, in context, possibly bestially obscene. Something like 'Testudiphile' would be it, I suppose.<br /><br />I like tortoises, in the platonic sense. They seem to know what's what.Brithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00390560583798960760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-85486984489825201522010-07-19T03:48:03.421+01:002010-07-19T03:48:03.421+01:00"The language of birds is ancient"--I ha..."The language of birds is ancient"--I have a little boy character who plays an old, old card game about birds; I wish I had used that phrase.Shelleyhttp://dustbowlpoetry.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com