@fkamiah17 I see someone's already made the Wallace joke, so I'll just say thank you for introducing me to an interesting meaning of "rue". Always good to learn!
@macronencer Oh, I missed the Wallace joke. Did I introduce you to an interesting meaning of rue? Other than the name of a herb and a synonym for regret, I don't know any.
@macronencer Bizarrely, I only know about it from Ophelia's speech in Hamlet Act 4, Scene 5:
There’s rosemary, that’s for remembrance. Pray you, love, remember.
And there is pansies, that’s for thoughts…
There’s fennel for you, and columbines.
There’s rue for you, and here’s some for me; we may call it herb of grace o’ Sundays.
You must wear your rue with a difference. There’s a daisy.
I would give you some violets, but they withered all when my father died.
@macronencer I don't think anyone can be blamed for forgetting the Shakespeare they were forced to read at school - not exactly the best way to be exposed to it!
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