Leon_Frotsky [she/her, undecided] to chapotraphouse • 5 个月前shout out to Leon Trotsky for creating a way cooler version of "cope and seeth" almost a century before cope and seeth came into common useimagemessage-square11 fedilinkarrow-up167
arrow-up167imageshout out to Leon Trotsky for creating a way cooler version of "cope and seeth" almost a century before cope and seeth came into common useLeon_Frotsky [she/her, undecided] to chapotraphouse • 5 个月前message-square11 Commentsfedilink
minus-squareFrank [he/him, he/him]hexbear31·5 个月前I think "raise a great hue and cry" predates our boy Leon and may be a Shakespear thing. link
minus-squareemizeko [they/them]hexbear30·5 个月前 Forms of the term "hue and cry" date from at least the 13th century and are first encountered in the Anglo-French legal documents of that period. link
minus-squarehappybadger [he/him]hexbear33·5 个月前 I hath drawn thee as a chaste hwelp lo I hath drawn mē selfum as a strang hund hue and cry about it lubberwort link
minus-squareNephewAlphaBravo [he/him]hexbear18·edit-25 个月前Wilt thou bawl as a babe? Wilt thou wet thy breeches, perchance? Mayhap soil and spill seed? link
minus-squareMaoo [none/use name]hexbear17·5 个月前See, cope and seethe is as old as the English language. It's a very important thing to say to someone. link
I think "raise a great hue and cry" predates our boy Leon and may be a Shakespear thing.
hue and cry about it lubberwort
go thee to the grave still enraged
Wilt thou bawl as a babe? Wilt thou wet thy breeches, perchance? Mayhap soil and spill seed?
See, cope and seethe is as old as the English language. It's a very important thing to say to someone.