Quills upon the fretful porpentine.………. (Hamlet)
Why, Gert wondered, did Shakes use the form porpentine when the Old French was porc despyne or porc espin from the Latin porcus + spinus? We went looking and found this: Continue reading Just for fun: the fretful porpentine and a bit of nerdy wordery
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