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Aug. 17th, 2007 03:17 pmI'm drowning in my own lists. Three of my friends have extended their hands and I'll be taking Saturday afternoon and Sunday morning off. We'll be lunching and dining and shopping and chatting and watching DVDs and sewing. I might even do some crochet lace.
What else do you need to know about my day? Not much. Except that I have found another quote from a letter of Elizabeth's and I feel desirous of misusing it.
She writes of an "unsilent subject" to Margaret Norris in 1597. It's a sad letter, being about a death. She's encouraging her friend to "let that Christian discretion stay the flux of your immoderate grieving" (which isn't as harsh as it sounds out of context).
The trouble is, I can think of so many uses of "unsilent subject" - the ones where it would be wonderful if the person speaking had just stopped talking about ten minutes before. Mostly gossip that has gone a step too far or how catching the bus that morning was inordinately difficult. These don't actually need to be silent subjects, but sometimes I wish they were just a little less unsilent.
Now I'm curious. What's your list of unsilent subjects? Is it as profound as Elizabeth's or as petty as mine? And what is the best term to describe that point where it's not a silent subject and not an unsilent one?
What else do you need to know about my day? Not much. Except that I have found another quote from a letter of Elizabeth's and I feel desirous of misusing it.
She writes of an "unsilent subject" to Margaret Norris in 1597. It's a sad letter, being about a death. She's encouraging her friend to "let that Christian discretion stay the flux of your immoderate grieving" (which isn't as harsh as it sounds out of context).
The trouble is, I can think of so many uses of "unsilent subject" - the ones where it would be wonderful if the person speaking had just stopped talking about ten minutes before. Mostly gossip that has gone a step too far or how catching the bus that morning was inordinately difficult. These don't actually need to be silent subjects, but sometimes I wish they were just a little less unsilent.
Now I'm curious. What's your list of unsilent subjects? Is it as profound as Elizabeth's or as petty as mine? And what is the best term to describe that point where it's not a silent subject and not an unsilent one?