"Wendy" vs "Windy" redux
Wilson Gray
hwgray at GMAIL.COM
Tue Oct 20 00:11:08 UTC 2009
The old song, "Windy," is currently featured in a TV commercial. And,
sho' 'nough, as Larry, among others, pointed out, if your head is in
the right space, the song *is* clearly about the weather - windy - and
not about a woman - Wendy - regardless of one's native dialect.
Nevertheless, I'm still impressed by those who got it right a
half-century ago.
And I'm still happy for the new-born-at-the-time baby girl whose
father mistakenly named her "Wendy" instead of "Windy."
-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
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