@PugJesus@lemmy.worldM to A sub for Historymemes@lemmy.worldEnglish • edit-225 days ago"This wenche thikke" - Geoffrey Chaucer, the Father of English literaturelemmy.worldimagemessage-square22fedilinkarrow-up1651arrow-down16
arrow-up1645arrow-down1image"This wenche thikke" - Geoffrey Chaucer, the Father of English literaturelemmy.world@PugJesus@lemmy.worldM to A sub for Historymemes@lemmy.worldEnglish • edit-225 days agomessage-square22fedilink
minus-square@ghostlinkEnglish3•24 days agoChaucer’s Major Poetry, edited by Albert C. Baugh, glosses “kamus” like this: “According to a medieval treatise on physiognomy, a pug nose suggests a sensual person.” I guess nose shape personality tests have been with us for centuries.
Chaucer’s Major Poetry, edited by Albert C. Baugh, glosses “kamus” like this: “According to a medieval treatise on physiognomy, a pug nose suggests a sensual person.”
I guess nose shape personality tests have been with us for centuries.