donderdag 27 september 2012


3 scripts within 5 cm. (3 scripts within 1 sentence, ....:-)













 



 
(from: UEBER DAS PHOKYLIDEISCHE GEDICHT EIN BEITRAG ZUR HELLENISTISCHEN
LITTERATUR,
THEODOR MOMMSEN ZUGEEIGNET VON  JACOB BERNAYS,
BERLIN, 1856 )

zondag 23 september 2012

onomatopoeia(s)oftheweek : kaw,meeyow,kwakk,peep,kookoo,hou

 
 
 
Herriman, Krazy Kat, 21 june 1931

zondag 16 september 2012

3scripts/5cm.











 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
(from:  LES ÉCRITURES ÉGYPTIENNES et l'antiquité classique
Pierre Marestaing, Paris,1913)
 

woensdag 12 september 2012

the lighter side of being an aardvark


 
 
 
 
 
( latin name : orycteropus from the greek : orycter = digging tool 
                                                                            pous    = foot
                                                                            )
  

maandag 3 september 2012

onomatopoeia of the day : peter-peter-peter

..

....the tufted titmouse ( Parus bicolor) is the best known, ranging widely over the eastern United States, where its cheery whistled "peter-peter-peter" rings through decidous woodlands,orchards,and suburbs.

(ENCYCLOPAEDIA BRITANNICA ONLINE,2012)



 But also in Europe "peter peter" can be heard :
 
1874. C.M. Yonge, Lady Hester ii,28 : The tomtits were calling 'peter' in the trees

1892  - Old Woman's Outlook ii,37   :  Sunshine, setting the thrushes and robins to sing, and the
           ox-eyes*  to cry Peter


(THE OXFORD ENGLISH DICTIONARY, Volume XI   OW-POISANT
prepared by J.A. Simpson and E.S.C. Weiner, Oxford 1989) 


* ox-eye : apparently both the Great Tit (Parus major) as the Blue Tit (Parus caeruleus) can be     
               called this way
 

 
 

 
(this is a drawing i made when i was 16 years)