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Well thanks for your warm welcome!
Currently I'm about a third of the way through.
I don't have much time and wouldn't want to start a discussion without having the time to devote to it, so perhaps tomorrow. I'll be looking forward to it.
Well, I must go, but I'll be around.
Take care.
Hi Aolist! Welcome to the literature-network. Have a splended time here!
Bonjour!
Hello, everyone!
How lucky am I to find such a field to enjoy and discuss literature with you!
I was led here by Google when searching a certain quote in "Jane Eyre".
I am reading this book for the first time in its original language these days and I love it so much!
By the way, I am a science student doing research at the Institute of Atmospheric Pysics in the Graduate School of Chinese Academy of Sciences(maybe it seems strange to you). And so, you know I am Chinese and now I live in Beijing.
I am glad to be here and grateful to all of you who help to work this website.
ah, hmm...my intellect has found a home ...yes, finally somewhere to ruminate and romp in a playground of the minds. I am pleased.
[FONT=Trebuchet MS]hi there, i'm from the eastern hemisphere. its pretty hot here now. n e way its great to be a part of this forum and i'm looking forward to talking to you all[/FONT] :D
there is a lot of difference between my time and your time. i know every one must be sleeping now. its 5:12 p.m here. so, i hope to be able to talk to you all one day. ciaoQuote:
Originally Posted by word wizard
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Originally Posted by Virgil
Thank you, Virgil. That's very nice of you.
Same goes to everyone who made me feel so welcome.
Welcome to:
Belle Ringer--It's quite true, quiquid latine dictum sit altum videtur. :nod: Are you a classics major, or just a latin lover? :brow:
Aolist--Hope you're enjoying Portrait. I'd be willing to join in a discussion if you started one up in the Joyce section.
Lucky Dove--I'm glad you like Jane Eyre. It must be a nice break from your scientific pursuits.
Enkidu--(great screen name)Glad you've decided to come romp with us in the playground of the mind. ;)
Word Wizard--The beauty of the internet is that we can carry on conversations even if you're sleeping the entire time I'm awake and vice versa. ;)
And welcome to any newbies I've missed. :wave:
Hey! you''l probably see me on here alot asking for help on literature coursework!!
Welcome Night Stalker (scary name! ;) ). I hope you like it here. I'm sure you will. But don't expect us to do your homework. If you have specific questions, I'm sure we can help.
Yep, Night Stalker, welcome here but don't think that we will be always able to do your homework. Happy posting!
Nullo modo! Vah! Denuone Latine loquebar? Me ineptum. Interdum modo elabitur. :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Petrarch's Love
Yeah, I guess you could say that. :brow:Quote:
...or just a latin lover?
Then again, maybe it is just that del vario stile in ch'io piango et ragiono fra le vane speranze e 'l van dolore, ove sia chi per prova intenda amore, spero trovar pietà, nonché perdono.
Oh, and THANK YOU for the nice welcome.
Oh, I wish I could understand latin. One of my true desires. Belle, could you possibly translate that and the motto under your name?
Hello everyone,
I just discovered this site today, and I registered right away. I am 2nd year student and English major. I am planning on going to law school and become an attorney, a childhood dream. Why an English major then? Even I don't known,:( maybe cuz I love to read. I can't really pick a favorite writer cuz I have a long list, but I love works of Jane Austin and Oscar Wilde. I have read "Pride and Prejudice" so many times, and I love Wilde's "The Picture of Dorian Grey." I also like to read Nicolas Sparks' novels.
Other hobbies besides reading are writing, drawing, not that I can actually draw, and watching Gilmore Girls and One Tree Hill. :)
For now, thats all. :)
Hi everybody!! I like to read, and write, and draw. That's about it, see ya!
Hi Pan!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by pan_is_dead
Welcome to the forum!! :bday_2:
:lol: :rage: :santasmil
Hi sallyrose!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I hope we become good friends!!!!!!!!!!!!! :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :brow: :brow: ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by sallyrose
Hello Guys,Iam in now. Can anybody teach me anything worth knowing?
:as-sleep: :as-sleep: Hello Guys,Iam in for sure.Can anybody teach a know nothing like me something worth knowing?[QUOTE=rks_poet] :confused: :confused: :confused:
Welcome all :wave: :
Coffee Adict--No need to explain "why an English major" here. The better question is why not? ;)
Pan_is_dead--Welcome to the forums, hope you enjoy it here.
rks_poet--Well, hopefully you'll learn something from us, and we'll learn something from you. Anything in particular you think "worth knowing?"
hello guys I am in!what do u think?Am I crazy?or feeling foolish!
hey: can anybody here teach me how can I post a subject to talk about here!plz help
I just need a fresh start. Thats to say, iam on my knees imploring to any to teach me how to be a great poet both, articulatory and written.
Hi coffeeaddict, Welcome to the forum! I have read Pride and Prejudice and I loved it. I also love to watch Golmore Girls but sadly, I am only able to find the first whole season and some episodes of second and third seasons.
Hello Pan-is-dead, I hope you will have a nice time here. I will look forward to read your writing.
Sally rose, You too, Keep on posting.
Rks poet, I don't know very well, how to be a great poet. I think that it needs you to have a large vocabulary, sense and sentence formation and many more things. You can check Poetry Posts. You will find them interesting and they might help you in achieving your goal.
The lord, Welcome but I have not understood that what do you mean by teaching how to post a subject to talk about???
Belle--Ineptum? Bah! I'm sure your Latin is quite good. Mine is so so. At any rate, I don't imagine I'd get very far trying to discourse in Latin alone. So I won't embarrass myself by trying to compose a witty reply in Caesar's tongue. ;)Quote:
Nullo modo! Vah! Denuone Latine loquebar? Me ineptum. Interdum modo elabitur. :D
E consci Petrarca! Italiano capisco meglio. Ah amore! Hai trovato pietà nel mio cuore se tu piangi et ragioni fra le vane speranze e 'l van dolore. ;) :nod:Quote:
Yeah, I guess you could say that. :brow
Then again, maybe it is just that del vario stile in ch'io piango et ragiono fra le vane speranze e 'l van dolore, ove sia chi per prova intenda amore, spero trovar pietà, nonché perdono.
Any other languages we should be watching out for from you? :D
Virgil—Belle’s quote under the name is the start of one often circulated among Latin students: quiquid latine dictum sit altum videtur “what is said (written) in Latin, seems high (noble)” (By the way, I like your Latin catch phrase too.)
I’ll let her translate the rest of what she said (or he? sorry if I’m wrong Belle), except for the last bit from Petrarch which is from the first poem in the Canzoniere (the same poem where my signature is from). I thought I’d post it here so everyone knows what both of us are referring to:
Voi ch’ascoltate in rime sparse il suono
di quei sospiri ond’ io nudriva ‘l core
in sul mio primo giovenile errore,
quand’ era in parte altr’ uom da quell ch’I’sono:
del vario stile in ch’io piango et ragiono
fra le vane speranze e ‘l van dolore,
ove sia chi per prova intenda amore
spero trovar pietà, non che perdono.
Ma ben veggio or sì come al popol tutto
favola fui gran tempo, onde sovente
di me medesmo meco mi vergogno
et del mio vaneggiar vergogna è ‘l frutto,
e’l pentersi, e ‘l conoscer chiaramente
che quanto piace al mondo è breve sogno.
You who hear in scattered rhymes the sound of those sighs with
which I nourishdd my heart during my first youthful error, when
I was in part another man from what I am now:
For the varied style in which I weep and speak between vain
hopes and vain sorrow, where there is anyone who understands
love through experience, I hope to find pity, not only pardon.
But now I see well how for a long time I was the talk of the crowd,
for which often I am ashamed of myself within;
and of my raving, shame is the fruit, and repentance, and the
clear knowledge that whatever pleases in the world is a brief
dream.
(This is the Durling English translation)
Welcome O dark lord. Do you mean you want to know how to start a new thread to introduce a new discussion topic? You need to go to the part of the forums where you want to post (General Literature, Personal Poetry, wherever it is), and click on the button near the bottom where it says "new thread." Then a box will open where you can compose the title and content of the first post for that thread, just like any other post. Hope this helps.Quote:
Originally Posted by thelordofdark
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Originally Posted by Virgil
Likewise, Virgil. :D
No problemo, Virgil.Quote:
Belle, could you possibly translate that and the motto under your name?
"Nullo modo! Vah! Denuone Latine loquebar? Me ineptum. Interdum modo elabitur."
No way! Oh! Was I speaking Latin again? Silly me. Sometimes it just sort of slips out.
:D
And if you roll your eyes and say, "Quisque comoedus est.", I'd probably laugh my head off and give you a thumbs up, Virgil. :D
Yo no sé mucho, realmente. Il a juste l'air de je sais que je dis. Eu não fico a maioria do uso de gramática. Basta gusto ko lang ilagay kahit mali-mali, para kunwari malalim ang sinasabi ko. :brow:Quote:
Originally Posted by Petrarch's Love
Gli inglesi che capisco meglio. I'm a nurse, so what do I know about languages and poetry? :D If I found that in your heart, it was probably because I recognized the symptoms.Quote:
E consci Petrarca! Italiano capisco meglio. Ah amore! Hai trovato pietà nel mio cuore se tu piangi et ragioni fra le vane speranze e 'l van dolore.
Yeah, me too! :DQuote:
(By the way, I like your Latin catch phrase too.)
No problemo. I'm a she, though, at times, I thought it would be sooo cool to be a he. :DQuote:
she said (or he? sorry if I’m wrong Belle)
Show-off!! :p
Well, I only followed you as far as the Portuguese. :nod:Quote:
Yo no sé mucho, realmente. Il a juste l'air de je sais que je dis. Eu não fico a maioria do uso de gramática. Basta gusto ko lang ilagay kahit mali-mali, para kunwari malalim ang sinasabi ko.
What indeed? I refer you to Robin's comment above. :lol:Quote:
I'm a nurse, so what do I know about languages and poetry?
Good to have a linguophile aboard.
¿Belle entonces cuanto español sabes hablar?
Not at all, Chef. Just a few words here and there. :DQuote:
Originally Posted by chef
Lil 'o me? A show off? *Looks at Petrach's Love and RobinHood3000 innocently*Quote:
Originally Posted by Petrarch's Love
Nah, I'd be the first to call myself stupid, but I wouldn't want to give anyone the chance to tell me to stop being so humble since I'm not that great. :D
The rest was done in Tagalog.Quote:
Well, I only followed you as far as the Portuguese.
Basta gusto ko lang ilagay kahit mali-mali, para kunwari malalim ang sinasabi ko
means:
I just want to put it there even if it's all wrong, so I'd sound profound. :D
*Jumps behind a sofa, in case rotten tomatoes start flying.*
Uff, I used to be the language-show off. Or I tried to :(
Hi! My name is Zaria [both online and off] and I've started to read the book because my drama class is doing the play version of Pride and Prejudice. I get to play Mr Bingley! Hopefully there are some people on this forum that can hlp me out and give me advice and stuff, lol.
Thank you for the warm welcome, Petrach's Love and Pensive. :)
hi my name is rooty im a femeninst
r ther n e femenists ere :bday_2: :bday_2: :bday_2: :banana: :banana:
Zaria and Rooty, Welcome to the forum.
well...hello all.... :wave:
i'm actually shy at first meetings, so i'll just tell you a couple of things about myself... i'm from serbia and montenegro, and i'm a student at the faculty of philosophy in novi sad. because i'm too lazy for any physical activities i enjoy reading, writing...anything that can be considered a work of art... so i guess this is it for now... :angel:
Hello gomboc, Welcome to literature network. Have a nice time here and keep on posting!
Welcome:
Zaria--good luck playing Mr. Bingley. That sounds fun.
Rooty--Well, I'm all for female equality. :nod: Are you interested in feminist literature particularly, or just generally interested in social rights for women?
Gomboc--Don't be shy. If you like reading and writing you're in the right place. By the by, I like the Botticelli.