I noticed that at the beginning of Great Expectations by Charles Dickens that Mr or Uncle Pumblechook kept calling Mrs. Joe mum. Why is that? I know for sure that Mrs. Joe didn't give birth to that monstrosity, but I still am a bit confused. Is it because of Victorian lifestyle manners?
I found "The Origin of White Folks" by Annie Virginia Culbertson (it's pretty far down the page) while reading a news article and became intrigued by its accent. The poem is clearly written in some dialect:
DE white folks nee-nter putt on airs
About dem wash'out faces,
De culled folks wuz made d...
Can mods suspend an other mod?
Yes.
If a mod is suspended, (but not de-modded), can he use his mod powers?
Yes. Including un-suspending themselves.
If a mod is suspended, can he use the normal, reputation-bound privileges of the ordinary users?
Yes. They are still a moderator, af...
In Imagine Dragon's song Polaroid, there's a certain line that gets repeated throughout the song:
I am the color of boom
What is the meaning of this line? Does it mean like an explosion of color, or like a firework? How does "boom" have a color?
Does anyone know who said this, or something like it?
"Love is defiled by its defense."
A friend asked on Facebook and got no answer in several days.
I vaguely remember reading a similar idea that included the word “heat,” but don’t remember the source. I think it also was something other than “...
In the first chapter of Theodor Fontane's Effi Briest, we are introduced to the character of Baron Geert von Innstetten as follows (emphasis mine):
"Yes, compose yourself and I'll begin. We were speaking of Baron von Innstetten. Before he had reached the age of twenty he was living over in Rathe...
