The Mood Landing Explained
Apparently there was some confusion over my mention of the mood landing in my last post. I thought that I was dealing with a little more educated crowd, but it looks like I was mistaken. So allow me to enlighten those of you who didn't already know.
In western Europe during the 12th century there was a distinction made in language to sift out the serfs, from the truly educated upper class. This hybrid language was know as 'Bourgeoispeak'. Bourgeoispeak was formed by changing or adding certain letters in order to create a new word, a word which when spoke would signify that you belonged to the higher echelon of society. There are several examples of Bourgeoispeak, most of them long since forgotten about in the modern world. Mood is just one of those words. Up until the inception of Bourgeoispeak, the word mood simply didn't exist. Around this time there was also a heightened interest in Astronomy and even more so in Astrology. The word mood was Bourgeoispeak for moon. By using words like mood, people could tell that you in fact knew what you were talking about and you weren't some Johnny HenPlucker.
Evidence of Bourgeoispeak still exists today, even though the true meaning of words like mood have long since been forgotten. The present day meaning of Mood traces it's roots back the astrological meaning of yore. When the moon was properly aligned in the sky, in conjunction with your zodiac sign, one was said to be in a "good mood", Meaning the moon was in a good place. And likewise when the moon was not aligned, one was said to be in a 'bad mood'
I didn't expect everyone to know this. But I expected more out of garth and braden
Well now you know.
In western Europe during the 12th century there was a distinction made in language to sift out the serfs, from the truly educated upper class. This hybrid language was know as 'Bourgeoispeak'. Bourgeoispeak was formed by changing or adding certain letters in order to create a new word, a word which when spoke would signify that you belonged to the higher echelon of society. There are several examples of Bourgeoispeak, most of them long since forgotten about in the modern world. Mood is just one of those words. Up until the inception of Bourgeoispeak, the word mood simply didn't exist. Around this time there was also a heightened interest in Astronomy and even more so in Astrology. The word mood was Bourgeoispeak for moon. By using words like mood, people could tell that you in fact knew what you were talking about and you weren't some Johnny HenPlucker.
Evidence of Bourgeoispeak still exists today, even though the true meaning of words like mood have long since been forgotten. The present day meaning of Mood traces it's roots back the astrological meaning of yore. When the moon was properly aligned in the sky, in conjunction with your zodiac sign, one was said to be in a "good mood", Meaning the moon was in a good place. And likewise when the moon was not aligned, one was said to be in a 'bad mood'
I didn't expect everyone to know this. But I expected more out of garth and braden
Well now you know.
posted by Jace | 5:53 p.m.
1 Comments:
I'm pretty sure I smell something crappy and I ain't stepping in nuffin.
Is that like when grampa simpson calls it a turlet? Because im pretty sure butchering the english language isn't the way to go about showing your superior intellect (yes, i am aware of the irony of the first sentence) Call me old fashioned but I like my words they way I like my definitions, in the DICTIONARY. None of this ASP, PHP, JAVA XML buggery.
< aref> goodnight! < / aref >
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