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The Semi-Regular Tumblr Roundup
Dec. 29th, 2018 07:06 amThe purpose of posts in this series will be to crosspost tumblr content that I wrote, but that isn't significant enough for a post of it's own. It will also serve as a linkdump for tumblr reblogs that I felt were worth sharing here, as well.
With that explained, let's get to the post proper!
My Content
I posted some informative and not at all fake tea facts. [Wayback]
Did you know: Chai tea is the moon moon of teas.
In the context of a discussion on fermi estimates of worldwide breast size:
I’m always on the lookout for more conteat.
Ah, keeping abreast of the latest jokes?
Though the odds may be stacked against you, don’t let me implant the idea that you’ll make a boob of yourself. Let’s nip that idea in the bud. You wouldn’t tell any old chestnut. You wouldn’t restrict yourself to juvenile knock-knockers. You wouldn’t merely milk a single joke for all it’s worth.
For you, it’s the perfect pun or bust.
No doubt you’ll find one that leaves them in stitches– one that really makes them titter. You’re surely going to tell some real hooters, leave them jiggling with laughter. Everyone around the globe, from the anons to your dearest bosom buddy will be bubbling with laughter.
Undoubtedly, it will all be udderly funny; your humor is one of your greatest assets.
Though I suppose I’ve gone on for far too long– I should can it. I’ll cleave.
Ta ta for now.
Oh the humammary
Context: Some tumblrites were weirded out by the use of "fauntlings" in Tolkien fanfiction, I did a research and found that:
Actually, apparently Tolkien did use the term “faunt” to refer to hobbit toddlers in his Letters:
From The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien, 214 To A. C. Nunn (draft):
“It may be noted that Hobbits, as soon as they became ‘faunts’ (that is talkers and walkers: formally taken to be on their third birthday-anniversary)”
Though I can’t exactly ask him, I’m guessing he got this term from the Old English “faunt”, meaning “A young child of either sex, an infant, babe,” (from the same root as “infant”.) Furthermore, I’ve found a few sources that attest to diminutives such as “fauntkin” and “fauntlet” being used in the 1300s.
Thus, while “fauntling” itself is a fan-coined word, they didn’t make it up entirely out of whole cloth; there’s both Doylean and linguistic precedent for the construct.
Not Mine
Short story rec: this The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas fanfic by Moriwen. [Wayback]
Fanlore is an excellent wiki, and an invaluable resource for fandom history. Furthermore, it’s really fun to wikiwalk at three in the morning.
