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“When I was a boy and I would see scary things in the news, my mother would say to me, ‘Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping.‘ To this day, especially in times of disaster, I remember my mother’s words and I am always comforted by realizing that there are still so many helpers – so many caring people in this world.”

-Mr. Rogers

plays

More than anything, that’s a film that I’ve been watching over and over and over again, because the device with which they bring the audience into the world in that first act through a character that’s not seen in the film again, it’s just something I’ve never seen done before. It’s storytelling; it’s brave and fresh and non-linear in a way — I mean it is, it is linear, but in a non-traditional, non-linear approach to a linear narrative.

Charlie Hunnam on Steve McQueen’s Hunger (via shallowbayer) —

Old English Words

Yeap, seharusnya. Tapi namanya forum, kepentingannya kan untuk senang-senang, jadi jangan terlalu dibawa serius juga. Shakespearean hidup juga di era 18th century dan bahasa yang digunakan masih menggunakan Old English. Di sini saya beri beberapa kata yang umum atau sering digunakan untuk jadi pacuan, dikutip dari renaissancefestival(dot)com. Sebenernya ada banyak. Banget. But who the hell cares *yaoming*

art - are

bequeath - To give or leave by will; to hand down

beseech - request, ask

besought – asked, made request (past tense of beseech)

betwixt – between

canst - can

cometh – comes, or coming

dearth - (durth) scarcity or scant supply of anything; want or lack

dost - do, does

draught or draft – Can mean the act of pulling or drawing loads; a pull or haul; a team of animals for pulling a load; the drawing in of a fish net; the bunch of fish that were drawn in by the net

durst – Dare; to have the necessary boldness or courage for something

fere - friend, companion

fullsome - rich, plentiful

hath - equivalent of modern has

henceforth - from now on

hither - here

huzzah - Huzza or huzzah is first recorded in 1573. According to a number of writers in the 17th and 18th centuries, it was originally a sailor’s cheer or salute.(Old French, huzzer, “to shout aloud;” German, hussah!)

mere - An expanse of water; lake; pool

midst – Middle, or among. e.g., “in the midst of the storm…”

nary - None; absolutely nothing; not even close to anything.

The good Jester also included an example of the word’s usage:
“Thou dost hast nary an inkling on coveting thine lady.”

And for the fullness of your understanding, this modern translation of the above phrase:
“You wouldn’t know how to please a babe if you spent 10 years on the set of Oprah!”

naught – Nothing. (Did you know our modern word “not” is actually an abbreviated form of this Olde-English word, which was itself a shortened form of “no whit” or “not a whit”?)

onuppan - above

overmany - a lot

pece - silverware, fork

prithee - contracted form of “I pray thee”, i.e., I ask of you, I beseech thee, etc.

proby - apprentice

pudh - horrible

Rennies - Renaissance fanatics; also people who are addicted to Renaissance Faires, costume, and anything else reminiscent of that era.

shall or shalt - will

seek - (O.E. secan, to seek) To go in search or quest of; to look or search for

syllan - sell

tallt - to stand above others in a snobby way

tarry - to linger, deliberate, wait, stay, or pause

thou - you

thee - you

thine - your

thither - there

thy - your

trow – To think or suppose.e.g., “Wilt thou labor for naught? I trow not!”

whence - From where, e.g., ”Whence, comest thou?” would translate to the modern “Where do you come from?”

wax - to grow, to become

whither - To where, e.g., ”Whither thou goest, I shall go.” translates in modern English as “Where you go, I will go.”

wilt – This one is tricky. It can mean very simply, will; but then it could also mean what a flower does without water, or what I do when asked to cook - it all depends on the context…

wist - knew; past tense of wit, e.g. He wist that his love was coming…

wit – To know, e.g., Canst thou wit what the day shall bring?

wrought - done, made, created; e.g. “…see what God hath wrought…”

ye - polite form of thou

yore - years ago

(Source: rennaissancefestival.com)