Re: Arthur

[Andrew Smith <hobbit@mail.earthlight.co.nz>]

Andrew Smith                                  <hobbit@earthlight.co.nz>
Life is short, so am I...

On Thu, 22 Jan 1998, Raymond A. Brown wrote:

> I hadn't mentioned that I was a convert.  I'm on several lists and some
> people are aware of my religion; but I sort of lose track of where this is
> and is not known.
>
I got the impression that you were a Catholic when you replied to a rather
silly piece of wordplay concerning the Pope on the Conlang list last year.
Your initial reply to Peter left me somewhat confused.

As for myself I have been attending the Presbyterian churches since
sometime between conception and birth with one or two occasional forays
into other traditions.  I am loyal to my denomination, but I am aware of
its flaws and failings.  Despite all the suffering caused through the
Christian religion I still remain convinced of the reality that is at its
heart.

I haven't seen the Life of Brian but I enjoyed Monty Python's Holy Grail
when I finally got around to seeing it.  I haven't watched The Meaning of 
Life right through, but what I have seen did not impress me (I was once
at a party where they were playing the Mr Croesus scene on a cassette
tape at suppertime, it was one of the few times in my entire life that I
have ever lost my apetite!)

The Goons are good (Ys es gaddad in lla ag!), I shall always be
Bluebottle.  I grew up in a generation that first heard the radio version
of The Hitchhikers' Guide to the Galaxy though.  I am also a Pratchett
fan.

> Anyway, back to Brithenig.
> 
> Though not a historian, I sense that Andrew is treating the history of the
> Kemr exactly the same way: avoiding unlikely, extravagant excesses &
> keeping it within the bounds of plausibility.  I think Andrew's objective
> approach is the right one to take.  I was just cautioning in my original
> posting about bringing in subjective interpretations; maybe I should've
> expressed myself a little more tactfully.
>
Mui, a scholar!?  I would be the first to deny it.  I love to read and
research and that is what I have done.  In my Bibliography I admit the
creation of the Brithenig language was not an original idea, I merely
experimented with it.  I also like creating alternative history out a love
for that particular science fiction subgenre.  I'm not being totally
subjective - the Chomro would have properly had as little chance staying
independant as the Cymru.

I consider that the Cambriese Rite survives despite the depridations of
the Roman Rite because it continues to have Royal patronage.  Not sure if
it is established or not.

Apology to Ray from me, two of my flatmates were arguing whether a
literate computer geek was a contradiction in terms.  One of them turned
to me and asked didn't I correspond with a guy in Britain who teaches
computers and as a degree in Latin...

I have just read Peter's E-mail.  I laughed so loud at the first paragraph
that my flatmates started wondering what I was reading on the computer.

- andrew.