"The Vaults of Yoh-Vombis" by Clark Ashton Smith
While it may seem initially that the 'o' in Vombis should have more of an 'ah' sound as in 'father' (it did to me anyways), the leading 'yoh' sound makes it surprisingly awkward to give the 'o' in Vombis that sound. At least, the structure of my mouth doesn't want to do that. Vombis would just end up sounding much too close to 'vomit' at that point, which is no good...
sanies: a thin blood-tinged seropurulent discharge from ulcers or infected wounds
There is shockingly little agreement on the pronunciation of Deimos. Is there indeed more than one accepted pronunciation of it? Doesn't seem like there should be. *sigh*
12 to 14 inches in diameter = 30.5 to 35.5 cm
vitiated: spoiled
cinerary: containing or used for ashes of the cremated dead
tumescence: swollenness
turgescent: becoming or seeming swollen or distended
filiate: I think Smith used a wrong word here... the normal definition of this would be "to determine judicially the paternity of", such as a child born out of wedlock. Clearly that can't be the meaning here. If we look at the word 'filiation', we can get meanings like 'descent from; derivation', or 'the forming of a new brach', which may vaguely be viable meanings here. But that is also a different word, even if it ultimately comes from the same root (the Latin word 'filius'). But I can't find a definition that is a better fit. Wonder how Smith came to choose this word? Hmmm...
poddy: potbellied
stertorous: (of breathing) noisy and labored
tetanic: relating to or characteristic of tetanus, especially in connection with tonic muscle spasm
a dozen feet = 3.66 meters
The follow along: https://archive.org/stream/XiccarphClarkAshtonSmithLennySAMouse/Xiccarph%20-%20Clark%20Ashton%20Smith%20%28LennyS-aMouse%29_djvu.txt
Whatever OCR software they used for that was pretty terrible (e.g. the word 'the' in my text is often 'die' in the above link... How you get a 'di' from a 'th' I cannot begin to fathom, but that's how bad it is!), but the alternative link (http://www.eldritchdark.com/writings/short-stories/231/the-vaults-of-yoh-vombis) is to the magazine edition of the story which has too many alterations and restructurings to follow along with.
Now how was that story for nightmare fuel? *shudder*
-
1:07:17
sststr
5 months ago"Vulthoom" by Clark Ashton Smith
8 -
1:13:27
sststr
10 months ago"The Dark Eidolon" by Clark Ashton Smith
31 -
2:38
CWR "Cosmic Waves Radio" Live Broadcast Channel
8 months ago"Is that You and Me"
731 -
1:00
Les Guidances Mystic de Sybéria
8 months ago🥰 D'ICI 3 JOURS ÇA ARRIVE VERS TOI ❤️🙏 #flammesjumelles #tiragesentimental #voyance
8 -
15:18
WattTV
2 years agoLEGO Harry Potter : Années 5 à 7 - TOUTES LES BRIQUES DORÉES !!! [FR PS3]
4 -
17:56
Missouri on Neodymium
3 years agoMONEO | "NEO by the SIDE of the ROAD" = 115 (T'iaki)
68 -
20:59
Les Guidances Mystic de Sybéria
1 year ago🔮 CE RENDEZ-VOUS ARRIVE DÈS CET ÉTÉ 🥰☕
-
0:43
HARPAXO
10 months ago"How smart is Ice Cube?" "How stupid is Piers Morgan to fall for the killjab?"
1.17K5 -
10:59
Headoverhere
6 months ago" The Bremen Town Musicians " & " Old Sultan " - The Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm
971 -
1:35
0cioso
11 months ago"Lucy" (#LucyMovie)
7