When most people think of a wicked uncle, they think of Scar in The Lion King, or Hamlet’s uncle Claudius. But the uncle who steals the throne is a much older story — one which arises out of Germanic family structure. Let's unpack the cultural history of the “evil uncle.” 🧵

my copy of Ōsweald Bera (by Colin Gorrie) has arrived! 📚 finally going to learn Old English properly (in a month or so when I have more spare time)

We are in the midst of a classical Renaissance and X is driving it. Make sure to follow… The boss The Culturist Literature & Philosophy: • Western lit, philosophy: Evan Amato • Literature, philosophy: Jash Dholani • Linguistics, literature, history: Colin Gorrie •

Runes 101, from the Dead Language Society Colin Gorrie deadlanguagesociety.com/p/runes-101

Colin’s latest blog is great; definitely recommend. Important among other things is his reminder that one of the most widely referenced aspects of Beowulf - the supposed interjectory “hwæt” at the beginning - is actually almost definitely not an interjection.

Subscribe to Dead Language Society, by Colin Gorrie deadlanguagesociety.com/?utm_source=na…

I am always pleased to have a new Colin Gorrie piece to read, particularly one on dogs. “Dog” is a weird word Where animal names come from open.substack.com/pub/colingorri…

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Great piece here by Colin Gorrie on Old English poetry that isn't Beowulf. This is a really enjoyable and informative Substack - highly recommended. deadlanguagesociety.com/p/old-english-…

I think Colin Gorrie had fun writing this rhetorical analysis of LLM style