Re: Anna Brownell Jameson born (17-5-1794)

 Ar an chéad lá is fiche de mí Bealtaine, scríobh Ross Clark:

 > Anglo-Irish art historian.
 >
 > Said things about language:
 > "....we are not sufficiently careful to habituate children to the accurate
 > use of words."
 >
 > This is from her _Commonplace Book of Thoughts, Memories and Fancies_
 > (1855). The "commonplace book" is a totally forgotten genre -- or does it
 > perhaps survive without the name?
 >
 > She also spent two years in Canada (1836-1838), and wrote _Winter Studies and
 > Summer Rambles in Canada)_, which sounds interesting.
 >
 > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_Brownell_Jameson

I’d never heard of her, which surprises me. The German Wikipedia article
comments on the pronunciation of her surname:

»Anna Jameson (spr. dschehms'n), [..] «

So, like the whiskey.

She knew Ada Lovelace fairly well, so the sort of historical figure that Irish
newspaper tend to cover on and off, again, surprising me that I’ve never heard
of her.

--
‘As I sat looking up at the Guinness ad, I could never figure out /
How your man stayed up on the surfboard after fourteen pints of stout’
(C. Moore)