...eight alans, formidable brutes...

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A quote from Flaubert's Three Tales. On page 63 of the Penguin Classics edition, six pages into The Legend Of St Julian Hospitator, is this:

In a yard by themselves, growling, shaking their chains, and rolling their eyes, were eight alans, formidable brutes which would fly at a horseman's belly and were not afraid of lions.

This is so close to my impression of Alan Trewartha that I had to post it here, though I don't know if Alan ever met Flaubert (I've not checked my dates on this one...).

― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Sunday, 18 August 2002 13:52 (twenty-three years ago)

New "he always struck me as a formidable brute too" answers.

― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Sunday, 18 August 2002 13:52 (twenty-three years ago)

Of course we don't actually need to do the New Answers bit now, as the thread appears anyway!

― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Sunday, 18 August 2002 13:53 (twenty-three years ago)

It would only work if these alans had MAD Photoshop skillzor.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Sunday, 18 August 2002 16:32 (twenty-three years ago)

what if he wrote "alangs"

― ron (ron), Sunday, 18 August 2002 16:40 (twenty-three years ago)

in french alan = alain = pronounced alang DO YOU SEE!!

― mark s (mark s), Sunday, 18 August 2002 18:16 (twenty-three years ago)

Flaubert dismally fails to address the Photoshop skills of anyone in any of his novels. Well, I've not read The Temptation Of Saint Anthony yet (almost certainly about Mr Easton, I assume), so maybe there is lots about mangling pictures of kittens in that, possibly.

Actually I think these alans are dogs, but I've never come across a dog called alan. Well, yes I have, but it was named Alan, not of the breed alan, if you see what I mean.

― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Sunday, 18 August 2002 19:11 (twenty-three years ago)

EIGHT alangs is just being greedy. we are very happy with the alang we have (plus, any more and they'd just get rowdy)

― katie (katie), Monday, 19 August 2002 07:02 (twenty-three years ago)

As I was flying at a horseman's belly the other night... eh? so is "alan" some sort of slang for dog/breed of dog? great.

― Alan (Alan), Monday, 19 August 2002 08:34 (twenty-three years ago)

i always said alang was BARKING hahaha oooh hohohohoho!!

― katie (katie), Monday, 19 August 2002 08:49 (twenty-three years ago)

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