"That being..."

[Wilson Gray]

I agree with Jon that "long story short" is an oldie. For some reason
that I'm unable to dig out ot my subconscious, I find "long story
short" to be basically okay, whereas "as far as" and "that being" -
I'm with A: never heard it before; any luck, never hear it again - are
annoying. As for Larry's "be that," to paraphrase MC Hammer's backup
singers, "Please, Larry! Don't hurt me!" :-)

But I gotta admit that, if Larry really was to succeed in spreading it
 around, it would nut me up / knot me up / crack me up / tickle me
pink(?)!

-Wilson

On 6/30/06, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at yahoo.com> wrote:
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> Yes.  For a fair number of years.
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>   JL
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> Charles Doyle <cdoyle at UGA.EDU> wrote:
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> We also hear a lot, nowadays, the elliptical "long story
> short."
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> --Charlie
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