[Lexicog] Digest Number 421

[Simon Wickham-Smith]

hi Fritz -


On 8 Sep 2005, at 19:21, lexicographylist at yahoogroups.com wrote:
> Where does "happy-go-lucky" fit in? What is the function of "go" in  
> this
> combination?

this is a very interesting question.  I have no idea what the answer  
could be, although I would suggest it might be a filler word, ie with  
no semantic content:  notice that it's deëmphasized.  I suspect it is  
not actually anything to do with to go although it would be really  
good to know for sure...what ideas have you had or heard...?

And yes, the Sachsen cakes are wonderful.  I am developing a fondness  
for quark which we call curd(s) in British English but which I had  
never tasted before I arrived here.

OK, bis bald -

Si
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