Tuesday, May 3, 2022

 


A pebble.

 

-William Page

The Merry Wives of Windsor      Act IV Scene i, Line 29


Yes, a pebble. That's today's Totally Random line: A pebble. This is obviously said in answer to a question. What was the question? And what is a stone, William? Well that seems like a reasonably good answer. Nope. The answer is lapis. Yah, I didn’t really get much out of this scene either.


I believe this is a stone as opposed to a pebble, the latter being something a bit smaller. I found it in the front yard last week and thought it was worth keeping. 
Lapis is Latin for stone. William's teacher was looking for the Latin word, not another English word that was similar to pebble.


1 comment:

Squeaks said...

Talking about the Latin word for "Stone"? Sounds like a dry scene.

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