"can't say crap w/mouthful"

[Wilson Gray]

What a coincidence! I, too, read only selected books! :-)

-Wilson

On 8/24/06, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> ---------------------- Information from the mail header -----------------------
> Sender:       American Dialect Society <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
> Poster:       Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at YAHOO.COM>
> Subject:      Re: "can't say crap w/mouthful"
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> I read only selected books.
>
>   JL
>
> Wilson Gray <hwgray at GMAIL.COM> wrote:
>   ---------------------- Information from the mail header -----------------------
> Sender: American Dialect Society
> Poster: Wilson Gray
> Subject: Re: "can't say crap w/mouthful"
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Not only have I not seen it in print before, but I've also only
> extremely rarely heard it in speech. What kinds of books do you read,
> Jon? ;-) But, seriously, folks, my WAG is that the expression is just
> not used in BE, for whatever reason.
>
> -Wilson
>
> On 8/24/06, Jonathan Lighter wrote:
> > ---------------------- Information from the mail header -----------------------
> > Sender: American Dialect Society
> > Poster: Jonathan Lighter
> > Subject: Re: "can't say crap w/mouthful"
> > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> > Wilson, your version began appearing in print in the sixties.
> >
> > JL
> >
> > Wilson Gray wrote:
> > ---------------------- Information from the mail header -----------------------
> > Sender: American Dialect Society
> > Poster: Wilson Gray
> > Subject: "can't say crap w/mouthful"
> > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> > From an e-mail to the editor of ZDNet Announcements, 08/23/06.
> >
> > Though I've known a version of this -
> >
> > "wouldn't say 'shit,' if he had a mouthful"
> >
> > - for about half a century, this is the first time that I've seen it
> > in the wild.
> >
> > -Wilson
> > --
> > There's only one thing that money can't buy and that's poverty.
> >
> > --Jack Benny
> >
> > ------------------------------------------------------------
> > The American Dialect Society - http://www.americandialect.org
> >
> >
> >
> > ---------------------------------
> > Do you Yahoo!?
> > Get on board. You're invited to try the new Yahoo! Mail.
> >
> > ------------------------------------------------------------
> > The American Dialect Society - http://www.americandialect.org
> >
>
>
> --
> There's only one thing that money can't buy and that's poverty.
>
> --Jack Benny
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------
> The American Dialect Society - http://www.americandialect.org
>
>
>
> ---------------------------------
> Stay in the know. Pulse on the new Yahoo.com.  Check it out.
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------
> The American Dialect Society - http://www.americandialect.org
>


--
There's only one thing that money can't buy and that's poverty.

--Jack Benny

------------------------------------------------------------
The American Dialect Society - http://www.americandialect.org