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Paging BMUS and Dancing Cthulthu (Original Post) onager Aug 2015 OP
My wife whose mastery of the English language dwarfs mine, wasn't familiar with the word "eldritch" Warren DeMontague Aug 2015 #1
Mwah! beam me up scottie Aug 2015 #2
IIRC, SusanCalvin Aug 2015 #3
And you're not an ax murderer either. beam me up scottie Aug 2015 #5
One never knows.... SusanCalvin Aug 2015 #6
Ia! Ia! Cthulhu fhtagn! deucemagnet Aug 2015 #4
Never knew he was a polydactyl guy ;) whatthehey Aug 2015 #7

Warren DeMontague

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1. My wife whose mastery of the English language dwarfs mine, wasn't familiar with the word "eldritch"
Reply to onager (Original post)
Thu Aug 20, 2015, 09:59 PM
Aug 2015

...until last night.

Thanks, H.P. Lovecraft!



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beam me up scottie

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2. Mwah!
Reply to onager (Original post)
Thu Aug 20, 2015, 10:09 PM
Aug 2015

My dad weaned me off nursery rhymes with sci-fi and horror stories from all the greats. Of course my mom didn't approve but I turned out all right. Sort of.

onager

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Thu Aug 20, 2015, 10:42 PM
Aug 2015

I was introduced to Lovecraft through Scholastic Books. Saki and Bierce too. Some subversive editors in my early years, apparently!

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