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- 15:54, 28 July 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+128) . . N A 15 8 (Created page with "* {{PP|2|15|8}} "we got back to {{Ix|fents}}" Riddley and the other hunter-gatherers live in a semi-permanent fenced settlement.")
- 15:54, 28 July 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+240) . . N A 14 23 (Created page with "* {{PP|2|14|23}} "There ben the {{Ix|dead towns}} all them years. Ram out poasts in 1 part of them" All the towns listed in {{Ix|Fools Circel 9wys}} are dead towns, apparently...")
- 15:53, 28 July 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+126) . . N A 14 12 (Created page with "* {{PP|2|14|12}} "hevvys there on rota from the Ram" Hired muscle on rotation from the central government. See Places.")
- 15:53, 28 July 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+258) . . N A 13 21 (Created page with "* {{PP|2|13|21}} "{{Ix|blips}} nor {{Ix|syn|syns}}" More pseudo-technological words. "Blip" or "blipful" is used frequently to mean either mystically significant signs or fant...")
- 15:52, 28 July 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+224) . . N A 13 14 (Created page with "* {{PP|2|13|14}} "Made his {{Ix|Plomercy}}" This word, a combination of ''diplomacy'' and ''mercy'', is capitalized like other important intangibles ({{Ix|Power}}, {{Ix|Trubba...")
- 15:51, 28 July 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+507) . . N A 12 2 (Created page with "* {{PP|2|12|2}} "{{Ix|Bessup, Reckman|Reckman Bessup}} he wer ther {{Ix|connexion man}} he brung the comping station. What we callit dead mans iron" Though "{{Ix|connexion}}" ...")
- 15:50, 28 July 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+48) . . N A 11 33 (Created page with "* {{PP|2|11|33}} "comping station" Compensation.")
- 15:50, 28 July 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+193) . . N A 10 31 (Created page with "* {{PP|2|10|31}} "Heard it and the news of 10" I.e., heard it on the ten o'clock news. (Furthermore, a reference to a specific programme, ''News at Ten'', on the British ITV c...")
- 15:49, 28 July 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+455) . . N A 9 29 (Created page with "* {{PP|2|9|29}} "London Town is drownt this day" As we can see from the map that begins the book (see places), the coastline has changed considerably since our time; most ...")
- 15:47, 28 July 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+214) . . N A 9 14 (Created page with "* {{PP|2|9|14}} "{{Ix|Empty, Straiter|Straiter Empy}} our {{Ix|Big Man}}" The Big Man is the head of a settlement. Straiter is one of several characters whose name is a pun: "...")
- 15:47, 28 July 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+152) . . N A 9 12 (Created page with "* {{PP|2|9|12}} "our hardes {{Ix|hevvy}} {{Ix|Crunchman, Fister|Fister Crunchman}}" "Heavy" in the sense of a big strong guy, presumably not too bright.")
- 15:46, 28 July 2013 (diff | hist) . . (0) . . A 9 8
- 15:44, 28 July 2013 (diff | hist) . . (-83) . . A 9 8
- 15:43, 28 July 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+2,293) . . N A 9 8 (Created page with "* {{PP|2|9|8}} "a 16 man treadl crane with 2 weals" 1st-century Roman crane with a single wheel. Medieval 2-wheel Belgian crane. [[File:crane-rome-small.jpg|frame|left|l...")
- 15:40, 28 July 2013 (diff | hist) . . (0) . . N File:Crane-bruges-small.jpg (current)
- 15:40, 28 July 2013 (diff | hist) . . (0) . . N File:Crane-rome-small.jpg (current)
- 15:37, 28 July 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+154) . . N A 8 16 (Created page with "* {{PP|2|8|16}} "Ive never liket {{Ix|No.|12}} its a {{Ix|judgd men}} number" Twelve jury members; twelve disciples. Riddley has just turned 12 years old.")
- 15:37, 28 July 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+172) . . N A 8 12 (Created page with "* {{PP|2|8|12}} "I were the loan of my {{Ix|name}}" I.e., I was the only one left with my name (''loan'' is used elsewhere to mean ''alone''); or, my name was loaned to me.")
- 15:36, 28 July 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+582) . . N Chapter 2 (Created page with "<div class="ch_top"> ;(Widders Dump; an accident and an offering; dead towns; comping station) : Further evidence that Riddley lives in the far future rather than the distant ...")
- 15:06, 28 July 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+19) . . N MediaWiki:Sidebar (Created page with " * SEARCH * TOOLBOX") (current)
- 14:56, 28 July 2013 (diff | hist) . . (0) . . A 2 3
- 14:56, 28 July 2013 (diff | hist) . . (-1) . . Contributors
- 14:50, 28 July 2013 (diff | hist) . . (-16) . . Contributors
- 14:48, 28 July 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+51) . . N Template:Contrib (Created page with "<span id="{{{1}}}" class="contrib">[{{{1}}}]</span>") (current)
- 14:47, 28 July 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+3,531) . . N Contributors (Created page with "If you would like to be on this list, you are invited! {| |{{Contrib|AP}} |'''Anne Percoco''' is an artist and archaeology enthusiast living in New Jersey. ...")
- 14:32, 28 July 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+1,024) . . N A 5 31 (Created page with "* {{PP|1|5|31}} "then we freshent the Luck" This phrase for lovemaking conveys the idea of sex as a magical ritual (freshening the luck) but is also a sly bit of Cockney-style...")
- 14:30, 28 July 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+115) . . N A 5 18 (Created page with "* {{PP|1|5|18}} "she ben {{Ix|smoking|smoaking}} she wer hy" Tobacco has not survived in England, but cannabis has.")
- 14:30, 28 July 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+181) . . N A 5 13 (Created page with "* {{PP|1|5|13}} "the Ardship going roun the circel til it come {{Ix|chopping}} time. He bustit out after the 3rd chop" The origin of this game will become clearer in [[Chapter...")
- 14:29, 28 July 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+1,611) . . N A 5 2 b (Created page with "* {{PP|1|5|2|b}} "{{Ix|Fools Circel 9wys}}" The map at the beginning of the book shows the place names in this song moving inward in a spiral. See places for more about the si...")
- 14:25, 28 July 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+2) . . A 5 2 a
- 14:25, 28 July 2013 (diff | hist) . . (0) . . m A 5 2 a (moved A 1 5 2 to A 1 5 2 a)
- 14:25, 28 July 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+350) . . N A 5 2 a (Created page with "* {{PP|1|5|2}} "getting the {{Ix|tel}} of the head" Riddley uses ''tel'' to mean a divination or prophecy; see {{Ix|connexion man}} and {{Ix|tel woman}}. Besides "tell," the w...")
- 14:24, 28 July 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+112) . . N A 4 31 (Created page with "* {{PP|1|4|31}} "we put the boars head on the {{Ix|poal}}" The first of many {{Ix|heads}} to appear in this way.")
- 14:23, 28 July 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+209) . . N A 4 27 (Created page with "* {{PP|1|4|27}} "{{Ix|dyers}} on the {{Ix|forms}}" The dyers are another technical guild, with an arrangement to supply red-dyed uniforms to the {{Ix|charcoal burners|chard co...")
- 14:22, 28 July 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+21) . . Template:By (current)
- 14:21, 28 July 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+805) . . N A 4 20 (Created page with "* {{PP|1|4|20}} "Out goes the candl" Most of the stories in the book end with a ritual sign-off—a typical storyteller's device in oral traditions. {{By|EB}} This could also...")
- 14:20, 28 July 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+127) . . A 4 18
- 14:19, 28 July 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+391) . . N A 4 18 (Created page with "* {{PP|1|4|18}} "Some times youwl hear of a aulder kincher he carries away childer" Kincher = cancer? {{By|EB}} Or "older kinship"—in the sense of Riddley's forebears having...")
- 14:18, 28 July 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+1) . . Template:PP
- 14:18, 28 July 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+2) . . A 3 28
- 14:18, 28 July 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+232) . . N A 3 28 (Created page with "* {{PP|3|28}} "They kilt the chyld and drunk its blood and cut up the meat" {{Ix|Cannibalism}} is a logical feature of post-disaster life. This image also made its way into an...")
- 14:17, 28 July 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+165) . . N A 3 4 b (Created page with "* {{PP|1|3|4|b}} "they were ready to total and done" The first of many of Riddley's slang terms related to computers and other {{Ix|technological terms|technology}}.")
- 14:15, 28 July 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+1) . . Template:PP
- 14:13, 28 July 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+26) . . Template:PP
- 14:08, 28 July 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+156) . . N A 3 4 a (Created page with "* {{PP|1|3|4|a}} ready for {{Ix|Aunty}} Aunty's specific attributes will be defined later, but from context she is clearly the angel of death.")
- 14:07, 28 July 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+509) . . N A 2 17 (Created page with "* {{PP|1|2|17}} "Every 1 knows about {{Ix|Bad Time}}" Though ominously {{Ix|capitalized word|capitalized phrases}} have long been a science-fiction/fantasy cliché, Hoban uses...")
- 14:06, 28 July 2013 (diff | hist) . . (-12) . . A 2 8
- 14:06, 28 July 2013 (diff | hist) . . (0) . . m A 2 8 (moved A 2 8 to A 1 2 8)
- 14:05, 28 July 2013 (diff | hist) . . (0) . . m A 2 7 (moved A 2 7 to A 1 2 7)
- 14:05, 28 July 2013 (diff | hist) . . (-17) . . A 2 7
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