/lit/ - Literature

Copper:

>If you're referring to the metal, then:

--One archaic (Latin) name for copper is 'cuprum.'

--During the Roman empire, copper was mostly mined on Cyprus. Because of this, it was known as 'сyprium.' That's where the name copper is derived from.

--In Medieval Greece, it was known as chalkos (χαλκός).

--The archaic name for copper sulfate is 'blue vitriol.'

>If you're referring to the color, then:

Similar color names include:

Amber, auburn, bay, beige, bister, brick, bronze, buff, burnt sienna, chestnut, chocolate, cinnamon, cocoa, coffee, copper, drab, dust, ecru, fawn, ginger, hazel, henna, khaki, mahogany, nut, ochre, puce, russet, rust, sepia, sorrel, tan, tawny, terra-cotta, titian, toast, umber.

>If you're referring to law-enforcement officers, then:

Common slang terms for police officers include:

Badge, bear, blue, bluecoat, bobby, boy scout, bull, constable, constabulary, cop, copper, corps, county mounty, detective, fed, flatfoot, force, fuzz, gendarme, gumshoe, heat, the law, man, narc, officers, oink, patrolman, pig.

Bioluminescence:

--Foxfire, also known as fairy fire is a folk name for bioluminescence.

--In folklore, a will-o'-the-wisp was a ghost (presumably sentient) creature made of light that inhabited swamps and forests. Modern science knows it to be nothing more than an effect of swamp gas. The Medieval Latin name was 'ignis fatuus' meaning 'foolish fire.'

--In the middle ages, one concept in alchemy was a "lapis solaris." This was a stone which emitted light of its own creation, rather than reflecting or absorbing+releasing it. Not bio, but might still help you out.

--The "Wheels of Poseidon" are a biological phenomenon in which bioluminescent zooplankton create a luminescent wake from the bows of ships in the Indian Ocean. The perception from the luminescent wakes is that it resembles the spokes of a wheel, thus the name.

--What's commonly known as "eye shine" in animals (the eerie glowing eyes of cats and deer in the dark), is properly called "tapetum lucidum." Its Latin for "bright tapestry."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tapetum_lucidum

Not true bioluminescence, but I figure it's close enough for poetry. ^_^

Also, I find it a rather odd coincidence that the lady who wrote the article is named "Margalit Fox."

:(

I'm sad now.

Long read, but worth it. My mom actually wrote her Master's Thesis on Stanley Fish.

>i guess something that includes multiple characters as friends that deal with issues like drugs, death, depression, etc

My diary. ;(

But really, all joking aside...from left to right in OP image, which girl would /lit/ bang? I would do #3 (not the black one; the one right above her).

O GAWD I WANT THIS BOOK

http://www.amazon.com/Absinthe-Flamethrowers-Projects-Ruminations-Dangerously/dp/1556528221

It's titled "Absinthe & Flamethrowers" ...how could it not be amazing?!

>Oxen of the Sun will kill you

Sounds like a pretty terrible way to go.

Here's mine.

Here's mine.

Only wetbacks read hardbacks.

Wait, that doesn't make sense. Never mind.

Here's some advice for reading Middle English:
-It uses very few diphthongs. Pronounce every syllable.

-An ending E is pronounced 'uh' (not 'ay' like Spanish), except when the next word starts with a vowel.

-All As are long (father).

-Words are spelled oddly, but generally sound about the same. Reading out loud is crucial. It's kind of like that game where you read nonsense and have to figure out what phrase you're saying (you know, 'olive ewe' = 'I love you'?)

Example:
Whan that Aprille with his shoures soote
(When April, with his showers soakes)
Whahn thaht App-rill with hiss sure-us sote-uh

Example:
Perced / bathed
=
Pear-sid / bah-thid

Look up more pronunciation info online.

>>1501222

Lolz...you got me. Saw it at a poster sale on campus today.

I'm currently in a university class on Chaucer. I'm enjoying it. We had to memorize the opening 18 lines of the general prologue (in Middle English), which was actually pretty fun and valuable. That said, it would be pretty impenetrable if read informally on one's own.

Reeding it is maken me longen to goon with folk on pilgrimages.

>>1501165

>Reading humor and trying to understand it only literally.

"God is dead." - Nietzsche, 1883

"Nietzsche is dead." - God, 1900

....willingly?

If you wish to be entertained whilst learning, read "Eats, Shoots, & Leaves."

What is this nonsense? Go away.

I'm drunk right now, and have no tolerance for your shenanigans!

Let's get some clarification here:

Are you saying that you need to READ and become FAMILIAR with the text in 12 hours?

Or are you saying that you need to LEARN the text VERBATIM and be able to RECITE it?

If it's the latter, then I'm pretty sure you're SOL. I doubt there has ever been a human being alive who could do that...or anything close to that....

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. You'll feel high while reading it, just from the mental placebo effect.

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>>1474394

Damn dude...

>>1474434

Dammit, I hit reply just to say that before I noticed you already had. :\

Little Boy Blue
by Eugene Field

The little toy dog is covered with dust,
But sturdy and stanch he stands;
And the little toy soldier is red with rust,
And his musket moulds in his hands.
Time was when the little toy dog was new,
And the soldier was passing fair;
And that was the time when our Little Boy Blue
Kissed them and put them there.

"Now, don't you go till I come," he said,
"And don't you make any noise!"
So, toddling off to his trundle-bed,
He dreamt of the pretty toys;
And, as he was dreaming, an angel song
Awakened our Little Boy Blue---
Oh! the years are many, the years are long,
But the little toy friends are true!

Ay, faithful to Little Boy Blue they stand,
Each in the same old place---
Awaiting the touch of a little hand,
The smile of a little face;
And they wonder, as waiting the long years through
In the dust of that little chair,
What has become of our Little Boy Blue,
Since he kissed them and put them there.