Thursday, February 14, 2008

Valentine's Day

Did you know?

Valentine's Day is named after two among the numerous Early Christian martyrs named Valentine.

The first recorded association of Valentine's Day with romantic love is in Parlement of Foules (1382) by Geoffrey Choucer:

For this was on seynt Volantynys day
Whan euery bryd comyth there to chese
his make.

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Do you get it?

It's actually:

For this was on Saint Valentine's Day
When every bird comes there to choose his mate.

But it doesn't actually refer to Valentine's Day, because February is an unlikely time for birds to be mating.
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But I put it up mainly cause of the spelling. LOL.

Oh, and Happy Valentine's Day.

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