Is this in any way related to the Scots "knycht?" Translates to "knight." Figure the Scots for bringing language down to earth. First heard the term in Monty Python's "Holy Grail," and the term swaggered me for years. I thought it was a play on the Frenchy talk from the obvious Normans on the castle keeps, the ones that kept taunting Arthur and his men. Sorry. Knychts. But it is real. As real as anything can be in this celluloid, lime-litten world of performance theater.
Sorry, got off track for a moment.
(Looks over both shoulders nervously, then turns back and says
I was thinking Frenchy Python Grail myself. Didn't know that about the Scot's derivation. I wonder if they pronounced the k. And if so, did the Scots invent the game knycht the dots?
And then there's the Knights Who Say Ni. Maybe they were Opposite Scots; knights who shorten and simplify their name.
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Is this in any way related to the Scots "knycht?" Translates to "knight." Figure the Scots for bringing language down to earth. First heard the term in Monty Python's "Holy Grail," and the term swaggered me for years. I thought it was a play on the Frenchy talk from the obvious Normans on the castle keeps, the ones that kept taunting Arthur and his men. Sorry. Knychts. But it is real. As real as anything can be in this celluloid, lime-litten world of performance theater.
Sorry, got off track for a moment.
(Looks over both shoulders nervously, then turns back and says
"Wot gorilla?")
I was thinking Frenchy Python Grail myself. Didn't know that about the Scot's derivation. I wonder if they pronounced the k. And if so, did the Scots invent the game knycht the dots?
And then there's the Knights Who Say Ni. Maybe they were Opposite Scots; knights who shorten and simplify their name.
Ah, but did you bring a shrubbery? A nice one?
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