It is a sad, sad day. James Rigney, aka Robert Jordan, author of the Wheel of Time fantasy series passed away on September 16, 2007. He had been battling with amyloidosis for a while now and the publisher announced he died of “complications from primary amyloidosis with cardiomyopathy.” He was working on the final book [...]
Archive for 19 September 2007
Robert Jordan dies
Posted: 19 September 2007 in UncategorizedTags: amyloidosis, books, dragonmount, fantasy, george r r martin, obituary, robert jordan, terry goodkind, wheel of time
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Avast, ye scurvy blagoblag!
Posted: 19 September 2007 in UncategorizedTags: accents, blagoblag, pirates, talk like a pirate day
Language Log has a nice salute to Talk Like a Pirate Day, where I found this clip: I used to have a pretty good pirate accent, but lately it’s been turning into an Irish leprechaun accent. Avast ye scurvy laddy, come look at me pot o’ gold. I’ll have to practice. Oddly enough, my irish [...]
