DirePenguin Posted September 4, 2012 Author Share Posted September 4, 2012 What is swollow a kettle of dung?Has cousin Cleos truly swallowed this kettle of dung, or is he striving to ingratiate himself? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lummel Posted September 4, 2012 Share Posted September 4, 2012 A kettle is a pot with a lid designed for boiling water. Dung is manure, shit.A kettle of dung would be something hard to swallow = something difficult to believe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DirePenguin Posted September 4, 2012 Author Share Posted September 4, 2012 So it's like, does Cleos really believe that shit? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lummel Posted September 4, 2012 Share Posted September 4, 2012 yes - exactly :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DirePenguin Posted September 5, 2012 Author Share Posted September 5, 2012 When Brienne mentioned she was hand picked by Renly to become a rainbow guard, Jaime asked"but he never met you, did he?”Was he asking literally if Brienne has ever met Renly? Why would he ask that question? And why would Brienne flushed? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lummel Posted September 5, 2012 Share Posted September 5, 2012 context Dire Penguin, context :)Jaime says: "A singer once said that all maids are fair in silk...but he never met you, did he?". It's the singer who says that, not Renly. Brienne flushes because the idea is that if that singer had seen Brienne in silks he would have said 'all maids save Brienne of Tarth are fair in silks'. Jaime is saying that she is ugly, so she blushes because she is embarrassed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fragile Bird Posted September 5, 2012 Share Posted September 5, 2012 Oooooh! I missed that this thread opened again!More questions, please, Dire Penguin! I will sit at the front of the room with my hand up, jumping up and down until then! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lummel Posted September 5, 2012 Share Posted September 5, 2012 You do make me laugh Fragile Bird :). Go on Dire penguin, give FB a hard question! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DirePenguin Posted September 5, 2012 Author Share Posted September 5, 2012 ahhh please don't. It's 1 AM here I'm about to go to bed :drunk: I'll post more question tomorrow ASAP!Lummel - Thanks! Ahhh I can't believe it, I totally didn't think about the singer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lummel Posted September 5, 2012 Share Posted September 5, 2012 What! That's terrible Dire Penguin, Fragile Bird is only just waking up especially to answer questions for you :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fragile Bird Posted September 5, 2012 Share Posted September 5, 2012 Ignore Lummel, Dire Penguin, it's 1.38 pm and I am melting in my house because the air conditioning doesn't work, and the repair man who just left didn't have the parts to repair it and has to come back tomorrow.There is lots of time to ask questions! :lol: ETA: As usual, I have no likes left. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DirePenguin Posted September 6, 2012 Author Share Posted September 6, 2012 Jaime kept mentioning Brienne had "homely" face and that she was "homelier when she grimace".What does homely mean in Jaime's context? I only know it means friendly or bland, don't seem to fit the context. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fragile Bird Posted September 6, 2012 Share Posted September 6, 2012 Homely means plain, unnattractive. Not so much as you would call them ugly, just unattractive.Very plain. So plain, as to be almost ugly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lady Lea Posted September 6, 2012 Share Posted September 6, 2012 Oh I have a question if that's okay. How do you pronounce "gallant"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fragile Bird Posted September 6, 2012 Share Posted September 6, 2012 It can be pronounced "gal-lant" or "ga- lont". The latter pronunciation, in my experience, is used when referring to a well mannered charming man.Perhaps Lummel can add some wisdom here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lady Lea Posted September 6, 2012 Share Posted September 6, 2012 It can be pronounced "gal-lant" or "ga- lont". The latter pronunciation, in my experience, is used when referring to a well mannered charming man.Perhaps Lummel can add some wisdom here.But is the stress on the first syllable or the last? I always thought it was GAH-llant, and then I heard in a ASOIAF podcast today someone say gah-LONT, it sounded almost French. [eta: yeah this is about gallant knights btw so it's that definition that you provided... is there another?] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fragile Bird Posted September 6, 2012 Share Posted September 6, 2012 Not that I'm aware of. Those are the two pronunciations, yes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Errant Bard Posted September 6, 2012 Share Posted September 6, 2012 Well, it's a french word, to begin with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fragile Bird Posted September 6, 2012 Share Posted September 6, 2012 Well, it's a french word, to begin with.Duh, yes. :D But it has migrated to English.Let's face it, the English steal everything good! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Errant Bard Posted September 6, 2012 Share Posted September 6, 2012 Oh, the French probably stole it from either latin or germanic to begin with, it's not a new process. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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