"cumberbund"

[Wilson Gray]

"The times, they are a changin'," to coin a phrase. ['k^m:@ "b^m],
soun' like to me. But I was *really* stunned by their use of "out the
wazoo." The result of creeping integration, no doubt, among the
younger set.

-Wilson

All say, "How hard it is that we have to die"---a strange complaint to
come from the mouths of people who have had to live.
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-Mark Twain



On Wed, Nov 19, 2008 at 10:52 PM, Laurence Horn <laurence.horn at yale.edu> wrote:
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> At 11:11 AM +0800 11/20/08, Randy Alexander wrote:
>>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8OfaYHD-uH0
>>That should be better.
>>
>>Randy
>
> I didn't manage to see the lyrics, and I have to confess I find it
> difficult (old fogey that I am) to listen to them, but it sounded to
> me like "cummuhbum"
>
> LH
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>>
>>On Thu, Nov 20, 2008 at 11:04 AM, Marc Velasco <marcjvelasco at gmail.com>wrote:
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>>>  can you repost the link?  I get this error:
>>>  The URL contained a malformed video ID.
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>>>  On Wed, Nov 19, 2008 at 9:54 PM, Randy Alexander
>>>  <strangeguitars at gmail.com>wrote:
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>>>  > At 2:17:
>>>  > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8OfaYHD-uH0You can click "more info" in
>>>  the
>>>  > grey box in the upper right hand corner to see the lyrics.
>>>  >
>>>  > Can we make the courthouse lawn event in late December or early January?
>>>  >  That's something I really wouldn't want to miss.
>>>  >
>>>  > : P
>>>  >
>>>  > Randy
>>>  >
>>>  > On Thu, Nov 20, 2008 at 3:30 AM, Wilson Gray <hwgray at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>>  > > Poster:       Wilson Gray <hwgray at GMAIL.COM>
>>>  > > Subject:      Re: "cumberbund"
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>>>  > >
>>>  > > arnold, if you can find a random black person or a random Southerner
>>>  > > of any race who doesn't say "cumberbund," I'll kiss your ass on the
>>>  > > courthouse lawn and give you 45 minutes to draw a crowd. "Matlock" is
>>>  > > set in the South, right? And Andy Griffith is from the South, right?
>>>  > >
>>>  > > You remind me of that GI from Darien, CT, who was stunned to hear a
>>>  > > Southerner say, "Git _you_ a tray!"
>>>  > >
>>>  > > -Wilson
>>>  > >
>>>  > > All say, "How hard it is that we have to die"---a strange complaint to
>>>  > > come from the mouths of people who have had to live.
>>>  > > -----
>>>  > > -Mark Twain
>>>  > >
>>>  > >
>>>  > >
>>>  > > On Wed, Nov 19, 2008 at 1:58 PM, Arnold Zwicky <zwicky at stanford.edu>
>>>  > > wrote:
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>>>  > > > Poster:       Arnold Zwicky <zwicky at STANFORD.EDU>
>>>  > > > Subject:      "cumberbund"
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>>>  > >
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>>>  > > >
>>>  > > > caught this (spoken) in an episode of Matlock.
>>>  > > >
>>>  > > > not in OED, NOAD2, or AHD4 as a variant of "cummerbund".  is in
>>>  > > > Merriam-Webster Online as a variant (without further comment).  the
>>>  > > > two spellings are listed as variants (with "cumberbund" first) in Q&A
>>>  > > > Times.
>>>  > > >
>>>  > > > but the Wiktionary just labels "cumberbund" as a misspelling of
>>>  > > > "cummerbund".  Brians doesn't mention it.
>>>  > > >
>>>  > > > plenty of sites treat "cumberbund" as the spelling.
>>>  > > >
>>>  > > > arnold
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