hauled off and (was Gone and V-ed)

[Peter A. McGraw]

Thanks, Allen!  And to think I was just about to haul off and recant in the
face of all Larry's examples.  Us Northwesterners gotta stick to
our...verbs.  Today the ADS, tomorrow the Electoral College!

PMc

--On Tue, Nov 7, 2000 12:45 PM -0800 "A. Maberry"
<maberry at U.WASHINGTON.EDU> wrote:

> Again, Peter and I, perhaps the lone Oregonians, are in agreement. "Haul
> off and ..." implies agressive physical action. As for the song title,
> I take it to be the juxtaposition of "haul off and" with
> "kiss me" that makes it so, well, striking. Also, "gone and poured
> syrup ... " or gone and V-ed anything sounds perfectly natural to me,
> whereas "went and V-ed" sounds familiar but I don't think I've ever used
> it in everyday speech.
>
> Allen
> maberry at u.washington.edu
>
> On Tue, 7 Nov 2000, Peter A. McGraw wrote:
>
>> --On Tue, Nov 7, 2000 1:29 PM -0600 Jessie Emerson <jessie at SIRSI.COM>
>> wrote:
>>
>> >
>> > I believe I've only heard "hauled off and" in reference to an act of
>> > violence ("haul off and slap").
>> >
>>
>> Me too.  In my experience, the only thing you can haul off and do is hit
>> someone.  I assume its use in the song is a deliberate misuse for comic
>> effect or to give a startling new twist to the idea of "love."
>>
>> Peter Mc.
>>
>> ************************************************************************
>> **** Peter A. McGraw
>>                    Linfield College   *   McMinnville, OR
>>                             pmcgraw at linfield.edu
>>



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                               Peter A. McGraw
                   Linfield College   *   McMinnville, OR
                            pmcgraw at linfield.edu