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I love this footnote on gibberish codes in Marina Warner's book "No Go the Bogeyman".
Reminds me of Jessica Weiss's great essay "The Secret Linguistic Life of Girls", in the sadly defunct mag Schwa Fire:
https://web.archive.org/web/20150912190724/https://schwafire.atavist.com/secret_linguistic_life_girls#language #linguistics #codes #SecretLanguage #familect #MarinaWarner
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How the King of the Elves became King of the Alders
Lovely chaotic origin for a piece of Germanic folklore. From Marina Warner's brilliant "No Go the Bogeyman".
#mythology #folklore #MarinaWarner #books #FairyTales #translation #GermanFolklore #reading