Dinosaur comic

[aelfgyfu_mead]

I don't normally read this strip—it doesn't usually amuse me this much—but check out Dinosaur Comics from a month ago. Ha!

Comments

[or-mabinogi.livejournal.com]

I am so adopting the phrase "arse ropes" into every day speech.

[aelfgyfu_mead]

Let me know how that works for you, ok?

[sg-betty.livejournal.com]

Arse ropes? Really and for truly?

[aelfgyfu_mead]

I can't vouch for "arse ropes" personally (this requires more research), but forms of "rope" are well-attested for guts: MED entry.

[sg-betty.livejournal.com]

Oooo! A middle english compendium! *ponders stargate applications to be beta'd for for correctness by aelfgyfu mead*

[aelfgyfu_mead]

Here we go: it's in the Middle English Dictionary under ars. I should note that it's a perfectly legitimate medical term.

[sg-betty.livejournal.com]

Looking at these words, and others...middle english is very colorful, isn't it?

[aelfgyfu_mead]

That's why I love it so! Old English is much fun too!

[sg-betty.livejournal.com]

I can generally figure out the middle english. Old english is a lot harder, isn't it?

[aelfgyfu_mead]

Oh, yes—Old English is basically a foreign language. It has four cases (a fifth occasionally), a fairly foreign vocabulary, and syntax quite a bit freer than ModE. It takes a good semester to get a reading knowledge of it.

[thothmes.livejournal.com]

I can't wait for my next opportunity to tell someone "Oh go on! Show some arse-rope-al fortitude for once!"

[gatechic.livejournal.com]

Since I'm currently studying the digestive system, this is really amusing. I'm going to sneak this into my notes.

[aelfgyfu_mead]

Are you taking a class? I don't suppose you can slip it onto a quiz or an exam?

[gatechic.livejournal.com]

Yes, I'm taking a course in Medical Transcribing and I have to take an advanced medical terminology class. With electronic medical record keeping becoming popular, I'm hoping to get into this growing field. The other great thing is I can work from home and start my own business.

I'm sure I can slip it in as an answer, but I don't think it will count. ;)

[chocolatekettle.livejournal.com]

I shall now annotate all my G.I. lectures, replacing the words 'intestine' and 'gut' with arse-ropes. Slightly more seriously, that's an interesting origin for some words.

[aelfgyfu_mead]

But the big question is: can you use the term in class work or exams? Not that I'm trying to get you into trouble or anything. ;-)

[chocolatekettle.livejournal.com]

Forget the class work and exams, the really big question is if I can use it during my clinical rotations next semester! :P

[aelfgyfu_mead]

YES! FTW! Let me know if you do that, please!

[a-phoenixdragon.livejournal.com]

*Laughs hard* This was great, lol!!

*hugs you*

[loriel-eris.livejournal.com]

Absolute comedy gold.

*dies laughing*

[archersangel (from livejournal.com)]

i vote that "arse-ropes" replace "asshats" as an isult

[aelfgyfu_mead]

Second the motion! I could never quite work out what "asshats" was supposed to mean anyway, or at least how it was supposed to mean. Brilliant Husband's explanation is that it means one puts a hat on one's ass, or one is thinking with one's ass. But it's not the head or the ass that seems to be the operative root here, it's "hat," and I just can't wrap my head around that.

Arse-ropes is pretty clearly an insult any way you look at it, and I do believe it's possible to intuit the meaning without help from the Middle English Dictionary.

[kristen-mara.livejournal.com]

LOL - Thank you for finding weird and wonderful phrases for us to use, or attempt to use. That is a great description!

PS - are you going to try to use it in the Primeval fic sequel? Stephen lost some of his arse ropes when he was injured, didn't he? When he's doing a heap of reading while in therapy, he could find that gem and tell it to Nick and Connor...