takeheart@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 days agoTIL about Titivillus a medieval demon that would feed on misspellings, mispronounced syllables and mumbled words. He was considered a natural enemy and tempter of scribes.blog.lostartpress.comexternal-linkmessage-square31fedilinkarrow-up1384arrow-down14
arrow-up1380arrow-down1external-linkTIL about Titivillus a medieval demon that would feed on misspellings, mispronounced syllables and mumbled words. He was considered a natural enemy and tempter of scribes.blog.lostartpress.comtakeheart@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 days agomessage-square31fedilink
minus-squareDagwood222@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·6 days agoYou’ve got Paul Bunyan and John Henry, but I’ve never heard a tall tale about a scribe or a printer.
You’ve got Paul Bunyan and John Henry, but I’ve never heard a tall tale about a scribe or a printer.