I think i was about 15 when a family friend turned me on to luis dantin van rootens extremely clever and hilarious 1967 book mots dheures. Gousses, rames is one of the greatest literary entertainments ever written. Other examples of homophonic translation include some works by oulipo 1960, frederic dard, luis van rootens englishfrench mots dheures. The d antin manuscript mother gooses rhymes, published in 1967 by luis d antin van rooten is purportedly a collection of poems written in archaic french with learned glosses. Final charges may vary depending on size and weight. It runs the gamut from touchingly nostalgic to raucous. The result is not merely the english nursery rhyme but that nursery rhyme as it would sound if spoken in english by someone with a strong french accent. Suffice it to say these curious verses were part of the meagre possessions of one francois charles fernand dantin, retired school teacher, who died at the age of ninetythree in january of the year of our lord, 1950, while marking papers. Gousses, rames discovered, edited, and annotated by luis dantin van rooten, london, angus and robertson, 1967. This is a parody of rain rain go away from mots dheures, gousses. So dont try too hard to make sense of it, pillowslips or no.
My editorial policy is to present only english language poetry, but then theres luis van rootens ingenious mots dheures. Frayer jerker is a homophonic translation of the french frere jacques 1956. If you say the french words aloud, they resolve themselves into familiar english expressions that sound like someone with a heavy french accent. The dantin manuscript mother gooses rhymes, published in 1967 by luis dantin van rooten, is purportedly a collection of. Discovered, edited and annotated by luis d antin van rooten. If you say the french words aloud, they resolve themselves into familiar english expressions that sound like someone with a.
Suffice it to say these curious verses were part of the meagre possessions of one francois charles. The dantin manuscript, published in 1967 by luis dantin van rooten is purportedly a collection of poems written in archaic french with learned glosses. You should know some french, and you should know some nursery rhymes. Humpty dumpty was a powerful cannon during the english civil war 164249. Il est parti a 9h donc a 11h ca fait deja 2 heures quil est parti. The conceit of the book is that its an annotated version of an obscure collection of medieval french verse. The dantin manuscript mother gooses rhymes, published in 1967 by luis dantin van rooten is purportedly a collection of poems written in archaic french with learned glosses.
Une edition doc pdf libre et gratuite a telecharger sur. In 1967, a hollywood actor called luis dantin van rooten published mots dheures. This is a parody of rain rain go away from mots d heures, gousses. Luis dantin van rooten mots dheures blue ridge journal. Sep 02, 2012 in 1967, a hollywood actor called luis dantin van rooten published mots dheures. Gousses, rames the dantin manuscript discovered, edited. Rames, a book of nonsensical french verse that phonetically sounds like mother goose rhymes. Estime pour ses filets fins et pour ses grains frais ou secs. Anecdotes, facetiae, satire, humor, macaronic literature. This was a different approach to transatlantic humour. In fact, they are englishlanguage nursery rhymes written homophonically as a nonsensical french text. Go to the editions section to read or download ebooks. In fact, they are englishlanguage nursery rhymes written homophonically as a nonsensical french text with pseudoscholarly explanatory footnotes.
The project gutenberg ebook of a rebours, by joriskarl. Gousses, rames, you wonder where they expected to find enough people to appreciate its brilliance. It was mounted on top of the st marys at the wall church in colchester defending the city against siege in the summer of 1648. Gousses, rames 2 came to my hand would be too tedious and of but little moment here. The project gutenberg ebook of a rebours, by joriskarl huysmans. Ils sont disponibles pour une utilisation intellectuelle et personnelle et, en aucun cas, commerciale. Mots dheures, gousses, rames by luis dantin van rooten.