[Ads-l] Miscellany

Wilson Gray hwgray at GMAIL.COM
Mon Dec 31 23:10:22 UTC 2018


Interesting that there are _two_ different completions. Many years ago, ca.
1961, it was *vociferously* argued to me that the saying was simply, "'I
see,' said the blind man," and any addition or extension or other
modification was an absolute abomination.

Youneverknow.

On Sun, Dec 30, 2018 at 6:43 PM Amy West <medievalist at w-sts.com> wrote:

> On 12/29/18 00:00, ADS-L automatic digest system wrote:
> > Date:    Fri, 28 Dec 2018 02:20:47 -0500
> > From:    Wilson Gray<hwgray at GMAIL.COM>
> > Subject: Re: Miscellany
> >
> > So, you see no distinction between "_go_  through the roof" and "_be_
> though
> > the roof"? A father saying, "When she said yes, I went through the roof"
> > and a boyfriend saying, "When she said yes, I was through the roof" have
> > the same meaning?
> >
> > "I see," said the blind man, as he picked up his hammer and saw.
>
> ". . . to his deaf wife" is the usual completion of "'I see, 'said the
> blind man', for me.
>
> ---Amy West
>
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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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