And thus the cry did spread from ville to ville
that Kevin's book of critical reviews
had birthed in ebook form, and squirming still
was filled with information, praise, abuse.
For those who love their movies and their books,
the tome can give perspectives and opine,
but if the reader seeks erotic hooks,
the reader shall not find a single line.
Another coming effort is a sprint:
as Kev, on yonder Substack, sets in print
a brace set of stories, short, and one a day
—five stories, Monday-Friday, on their way!
__________
The five short stories in question have the following titles. I hope you think these intriguing:
1. When Mr. Fusion Finally Arrived2. A Tale of Ass
3. Telekinetically Yours
4. Alien Life
5. Very, Very Bad Erotica
So I guess the erotica you won't discover in my movie/book-review volume can be found on Substack. Sort of. As the story title suggests, it will be very, very bad erotica. So prepare yourselves for disappointment.
I always thought a "brace" meant "two/a couple."
ReplyDeleteYup. My bad. I had a vague notion that it meant "a few," but it seems to mean exactly two (animals). I should've found a different word.
DeleteI credit Lord of the Rings for teaching me the meaning of the word. When Frodo, Sam, and Gollum are on their trek to Mordor, Gollum brings the group two rabbits and suggests that they eat them raw. Sam chastises him and tells him that there is "only one way to eat a brace of coneys." (Incidentally, I guess that scene also taught me that rabbits are called "coneys.") Later, when I started watching British football matches, I often heard announcers call two goals a "brace," so apparently it's not just used for animals.
DeleteAs for why "brace" means "two," the best I can dig up is the idea that it comes from the Latin "bracchia" for (two) arms.
Yeah, the LOTR reference did occur to me, and I was pretty sure, after seeing your comment, that it's what had occurred to you, too. Etymonline confirms the Latin bracchia, but as usual, the Romans got it from the Greeks: brakhion. So many Latin roots end up ultimately being Greek. And those roots can be seen in the English brachial/brachiate and the French bras (arm). But no relation to brasserie.
DeleteStrangely enough, I knew "coney" in the Before Jackson years (cue BJ jokes).