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Re: Woman Donates Computer.....worth $200,000!

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In article <9ea542a8-cb99-415b-93a4-2a8de7d53490@googlegroups.com>, Tom
Porter <laseractiveguy@gmail.com> wrote:

> A year or two ago, I was at my local library looking up information in the
> reference section.  An old book caught my eye, and come to find out it was a
> book of sayings, "Phrases" and the meaning behind them, or when they
> originated.  I thumbed thru it and found it fascinating as it had MANY common
> things people say... for an example... To Kick the Bucket.   That particular
> phrase came from 1535 and refered to butchers putting dead pigs in a bucket,
> and then kicking it down the line so where it was processed further. I took
> it up to the librarian asking if I could possibly take it home for a night or
> two, and she said I could buy it for a dollar.  It was written in 1923, so
> more recent quips are not in it, but many others were, and MANY that are no
> longer is use anymore.  I think its a fantastic reference, and some of the
> phrases date back to the 1200's, before English was in its modern form. 
> English before 1600 is very different and almost unreadable without
> translation...

Max Cryer here in New Zealand (he was a big entertainment celebrity
years ago) writes books like that and has become an sort of official
source when the media wants to know what a saying or word means and
where it originated.

There's a brief item in today's newspaper where he is explaining about
the phrase "mondegreen" (also known as "egg corn" and "corn ear") which
is used for when people mishear the lyrics to a song. The term
"mondegreen" was coined in 1954 because people hearing it felt sorry
for the Earl of Moray's wife because "They have slain the Earl of
Moray, and Lady Mondegreen" ... when in reality the song says "and they
laid him on the green".

Other examples are:

   - Santa had a female reindeer in the Rudolph Christmas song,
     "Olive, the other reindeer, used to laugh and call him names"

   - The Beatles sang "She's got a chicken to ride"

   - Bob Dylan sang "The ants are my friends, they're blowing
     in the wind"

   - Simon and Garfunkel's song had a "bridge over trouble Walter"

   - a song about "Tony Danza" (which really says "tiny dancer")

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Woman Donates Computer.....worth $200,000! Don <coach41@pacbell.net> - 2015-05-31 16:21 -0700
  Re: Woman Donates Computer.....worth $200,000! Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2015-05-31 22:37 -0400
    Re: Woman Donates Computer.....worth $200,000! Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2015-06-01 16:23 +1200
      Re: Woman Donates Computer.....worth $200,000! Michael J. Mahon <mjmahon@aol.com> - 2015-06-01 02:33 -0500
        Re: Woman Donates Computer.....worth $200,000! Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2015-06-01 10:36 -0400
          Re: Woman Donates Computer.....worth $200,000! Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2015-06-02 09:24 +1200
        Re: Woman Donates Computer.....worth $200,000! Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2015-06-02 09:19 +1200
      Re: Woman Donates Computer.....worth $200,000! Bruce Esquibel <bje@ripco.com> - 2015-06-01 11:22 +0000
        Re: Woman Donates Computer.....worth $200,000! Eric Rucker <bhtooefr@gmail.com> - 2015-06-01 05:20 -0700
        Re: Woman Donates Computer.....worth $200,000! Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2015-06-02 09:27 +1200
      Re: Woman Donates Computer.....worth $200,000! Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2015-06-01 10:28 -0400
        Re: Woman Donates Computer.....worth $200,000! Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2015-06-02 09:42 +1200
          Re: Woman Donates Computer.....worth $200,000! Tom Porter <laseractiveguy@gmail.com> - 2015-06-01 17:20 -0700
            Re: Woman Donates Computer.....worth $200,000! Steve Nickolas <usotsuki@buric.co> - 2015-06-02 02:37 +0200
              Re: Woman Donates Computer.....worth $200,000! Tom Porter <laseractiveguy@gmail.com> - 2015-06-01 17:45 -0700
              Re: Woman Donates Computer.....worth $200,000! Tom Porter <laseractiveguy@gmail.com> - 2015-06-01 17:54 -0700
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      Re: Woman Donates Computer.....worth $200,000! Denis Molony <denisbytezone@gmail.com> - 2015-06-07 17:28 -0700
      Re: Woman Donates Computer.....worth $200,000! K-K00L <K-K00L@nomail.com> - 2015-06-08 10:53 -0400
    Re: Woman Donates Computer.....worth $200,000! Steven Hirsch <snhirsch@gmail.com> - 2015-06-01 07:55 -0400
      Re: Woman Donates Computer.....worth $200,000! Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2015-06-01 10:39 -0400
        Re: Woman Donates Computer.....worth $200,000! Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2015-06-02 09:37 +1200
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        Re: Woman Donates Computer.....worth $200,000! K-K00L <K-K00L@nsa.gov> - 2015-06-02 14:08 -0400
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  Re: Woman Donates Computer.....worth $200,000! Lukazi <lukazi@hotmail.com> - 2015-06-02 20:27 -0700
    Re: Woman Donates Computer.....worth $200,000! Michael J. Mahon <mjmahon@aol.com> - 2015-06-03 02:56 -0500
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