waxing rhapsodic

[Wilson Gray]

Wasn't it once the case that the ordinary state into which one could
was "wroth"?

-Wilson

On Mon, Apr 5, 2010 at 2:17 PM, Victor Steinbok <aardvark66 at gmail.com> wrote:
> ---------------------- Information from the mail header -----------------------
> Sender:       American Dialect Society <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
> Poster:       Victor Steinbok <aardvark66 at GMAIL.COM>
> Subject:      waxing rhapsodic
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Aside from Alice Faber "waxing rhapsodic about Salisbury steak" back in
> July of 2001, the expression has not come up on this list, it seems.
>
> http://bit.ly/bGwHnj
>
> At the risk of falling for the recency fallacy that I have warned
> against, on occasion, I want to suggest that this usage is on the rise,
> and much of it without a hint of irony that it used to carry. (Although
> the one below does appear sarcastic.)
>
>  From Dan Kennedy (formerly of the Boston Phoenix):
>
>> At BoingBoing, Cory Doctorow waxes rhapsodic over the days when the
>> Apple II Plus came with schematics for the circuit boards, and quotes
>> something called the “Maker Manifesto” in writing, “Screws not glue.”
>> Doctorow’s point is that we should be able to rip our devices apart
>> and customize them the way we like. Needless to say, Doctorow is not
>> talking to too many people — just his fellow hackers.
> http://bit.ly/dw6Li7
>
> The earliest GB hits are from 1902 and 1915, with roughly 60 raw hits
> from the 1930s and 1940s. Compare that to 600 raw hits from 2005+.
>
> VS-)
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------
> The American Dialect Society - http://www.americandialect.org
>



--
-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

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