Comments on: My favourite footnote http://earmarks.org/archives/2005/10/12/13 A weblog on early modern culture, teaching English literature, and what else comes to mind Wed, 07 Jan 2009 11:43:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: kristine http://earmarks.org/archives/2005/10/12/13/comment-page-1#comment-18 kristine Fri, 14 Oct 2005 17:33:13 +0000 http://earmarks.org/?p=13#comment-18 Mmmm, yes, it has a kind of cosy feel to it, and is mysterious at the same time... But your blog has a lovely name as it is! I for one only realized that what I thought was an earmark is much more commonly called a dog ear [a donkey's ear in Dutch, by the way], after I had registered the domain! No regrets, though, since earmarks in my philosophy are a kind of <i>ear</i>ly modern book<i>marks</i> -- you knew that straight away, right? Mmmm, yes, it has a kind of cosy feel to it, and is mysterious at the same time… But your blog has a lovely name as it is!

I for one only realized that what I thought was an earmark is much more commonly called a dog ear [a donkey's ear in Dutch, by the way], after I had registered the domain! No regrets, though, since earmarks in my philosophy are a kind of early modern bookmarks — you knew that straight away, right?

]]> By: Claire http://earmarks.org/archives/2005/10/12/13/comment-page-1#comment-16 Claire Thu, 13 Oct 2005 08:24:46 +0000 http://earmarks.org/?p=13#comment-16 That'd be a lovely name for a blog. 'sop o' the moonshine.' Darn it. I missed my chance there. That’d be a lovely name for a blog. ’sop o’ the moonshine.’ Darn it. I missed my chance there.

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