Oh, English
Oct. 25th, 2007 04:21 pm"Quhone I awoyk, my dreme it wes so nyce, Fra everie wicht I hid it as a vyce."
- William Dunbar, Poems 1500-20 (see OED defn. "nice")
Which I believe can be modernized as, "When I awoke, my dream it was so nice* / From everyone I hid it as a vice."
The history of the word 'nice' is very interesting. But still. Quhone. Oh, English, how thy spellings have changed.
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* Nice in this case means, 'strange, extraordinary'
- William Dunbar, Poems 1500-20 (see OED defn. "nice")
Which I believe can be modernized as, "When I awoke, my dream it was so nice* / From everyone I hid it as a vice."
The history of the word 'nice' is very interesting. But still. Quhone. Oh, English, how thy spellings have changed.
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* Nice in this case means, 'strange, extraordinary'