Great commentary, as always. Agree completely, And BTW, is that a Rolleiflex twin lens reflex (gorgeous classic gear!) on the shelf behind you?

This passage illustrates one of the opportunities of this kind of translation ("The Mad Tea-Party" has become "The Mad Beer-Party") and one of the difficulties (there were no watches in pre-Conquest England). What can I say? It's all in fun.

The book not only translates a classic text into an ancient variety of English, but also transports the story (as far as possible) back to pre-Conquest England. I'll attach images of a few sample pages.

I was thinking about subscribing to the Times now that I've bailed on the Post, but I think not now that they're campaigning all out for the sex pest. Hardly know where to go for news anymore.

Libertinus doesn't have small caps for those characters. Are you still looking for a solution? Apply smcp to these:

y\char"034F\char"0302
e\char"034F\char"0303\char"0304

(I use \char for clarity, but you can input the UTF-8 characters directly.)

Wonderful thread! Have a red-headed woodpecker.

Thanks!

Beautiful scene, and I love the subdued winter colors.