[Ads-l] another "reversal"

[Laurence Horn]

> On Apr 5, 2015, at 5:42 PM, Dave Wilton <dave at WILTON.NET> wrote:
> 
> He could be a masochist.

Oops, sorry.  Great minds think alike, but some of them forget to check their mailer before posting.

LH
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> From: American Dialect Society [mailto:ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU] On Behalf Of Jonathan Lighter
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> Subject: another "reversal"
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> In the film "Unbroken" (and don't bother), Louie is advised by his elder brother, who's training him as a distance runner,
> 
> "A moment of pain is worth a lifetime of glory.”
> 
> Unless I'm crazy, he means exactly the reverse.
> 
> 
> JL
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