[Magdalen] New to Me.

James Oppenheimer-Crawford oppenheimerjw at gmail.com
Fri Oct 16 02:52:00 UTC 2015


Mom used to make meatloaf deliciously: with a lot of fat and always burning
it around the edges.

Hey, ya work with what ya got.

To me if it ain't got tons of grease and isn't burned around the edges,
it's not meatloaf.

James W. Oppenheimer-Crawford
*“A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved,
except in memory. LLAP**”  -- *Leonard Nimoy

On Thu, Oct 15, 2015 at 10:37 PM, Cantor03--- via Magdalen <
magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:

>
>
> An ad for food on USA television used the word "deliciously."
>
> I think the sentence was something like "They ate deliciously."
>
> A bell went off for me.  I realize I really do not use this adverb,  but
> a rush to the handy on-line Merriam-Webster Dictionary proves
> that deliciously is a bona fide word.
>
> I can't for the life of me put the word into a sentence that sounds
> right.
>
> I would tend to employ the adjective or noun versions and avoid
> deliciously entirely.
>
> YMMV.
>
>
> David Strang.
>


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