Everybody must remember that scene (especially now Simon beautifully illustrated it ).
I always thought of it as a cool expression that meant nothing and everything, but I'm beginning to wonder now.
I found this in Google books, I don't have time right now to investigate, maybe someone can enlighten me?
Here's what I'm on about.
(I'm not sure about the date though, I found a hard cover mentionned as 1966)
It reads like something out of Dune now doesn't it?
The stamp of strangeness
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The stamp of strangeness
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Re: The stamp of strangeness
I can't find a quote at the moment but I think it might come from the Bible.
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Re: The stamp of strangeness
I did some Googling myself, and I found this
Edit: Of course, if I still spoke French, I'd have tried "cachet d'etrangete" sooner--gives just as many hits as the English term, but I'm unable to determine if there are any sources significantly older than the twentieth century.
'stamp of a strangeness' ... Claims to be from 1834 ...elle a engendre toutes les autres. Il a marque son travail du cachet d'un etrangete ...
Edit: Of course, if I still spoke French, I'd have tried "cachet d'etrangete" sooner--gives just as many hits as the English term, but I'm unable to determine if there are any sources significantly older than the twentieth century.