Dialect variation in the Times

[Wilson Gray]

On Tue, Jul 1, 2008 at 11:05 PM, Marc Velasco <marcjvelasco at gmail.com> wrote:
> But in general,
> when quoting a lyric, even if you're not *exactly* sure what it is, should
> you trust your ear, or go with an online source many other people apparently
> agree upon?

i say, "Go with your ear."

That way, you don't make mistakes like citing

"I've got to keep to the highway"

as the opening line of the blues classic,

[I Got the] Key to the Highway.

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-Wilson
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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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