"Are you ready to enter the world of Ogres and Oubliettes?"
It is Hearts and Hooves Day in the land of Spiketopia. Aided by Sir McBiggun and Captain Wuzz, Garbunkle the Magician goes on a quest to find the perfect gift to bestow upon Princess Shmarity. A chance encounter with a stranger promises great treasures, but is it too good to be true? With the close of day approaching, will Garbunkle find the perfect gift in time?
NOTE: Inspired by Sir Richard Burton's translation of "The Arabian Nights," as well as the Renaissance setting of Ogres and Oubliettes, I have penned this tale in archaic English.
Please refer to my blog post, Archaic Dictionary, for the definitions of the terms I have used.
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Congratulations on using old-tongue and still throwing in a Big Mac joke. Have a cookie. And an upvote.
Seriously though, this writing style is difficult by today's standards, but you did a decent job, and still managed some nice humorous wordplay. And it was a short, sweet, nice story. Thanks for writing it!
10082236
Thank you. I hope it wasn't too hard to follow. I wrote in this way because, to me, it fit the Middle Earth-style setting of Ogres and Oubliettes. This was also how the translation of "The Arabian Nights" I was reading at the time was written. Not knowing the definitions, I had to research them. Writing this story was fun and it allowed me to learn about archaic English. On a side note, I did hope that it would encourage readers to research this writing style just as I was encouraged. I had also planned to post a blog with the definitions.
Thank you again, and please pardon my late response. I will get my blog posted and return to writing.
10082236
I have now posted a blog with definitions of the more unfamiliar terms I used in the story. You can find it here.
Pretty cool
11755076
Thank you! This was both fun and a bit challenging to write on account of the archaic English.
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Cool
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This style of writing was new to me. Many of the words I had to look up. I had gotten the idea from a copy I have of Arabian Nights, which used archaic terms. The challenge in reading the book was that it did not explain what those terms meant and it left me a little confused at times. That's why I had posted a dictionary blog to help readers unfamiliar with archaic English to better follow the story. To date, I have not written anything else in this style.
https://youtu.be/U_fWWSTC6dU?feature=shared