Leon_Frotsky [she/her] to chapotraphouse • 6 months agoshout 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] to chapotraphouse • 6 months agomessage-square11 Commentsfedilink
minus-squareFrank [he/him, he/him]hexbear31·6 months agoI think "raise a great hue and cry" predates our boy Leon and may be a Shakespear thing. link
minus-squareemizeko [they/them]hexbear30·6 months ago 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]hexbear33·6 months ago 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]hexbear27·edit-26 months agogo thee to the grave still enraged link
minus-squareNephewAlphaBravo [he/him]hexbear18·edit-26 months agoWilt thou bawl as a babe? Wilt thou wet thy breeches, perchance? Mayhap soil and spill seed? link
minus-squareMaoo [none/use name]hexbear17·6 months agoSee, 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.