[Magdalen] New to Me.

[Jon Egger]

My favorite Dorothyism: "If all the girls who attended the Yale prom were
laid end to end, I wouldn't be a bit surprised."

Regarding deliciously:
"Tom had such a good meal that he licked his plate deliciously."

Grace and peace,
brud

On Fri, Oct 16, 2015 at 12:24 PM, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com> wrote:

> I remember a bluegrass group that sang at Glen & Ann's (of blessed memory)
> in Madison and and did the old song "Jennie Jenkins" which is sort of a
> challenge song between a young man and a girl involving what color she
> might wear, and of course the answer (that she won't, and why) must
> rhyme...so of course the young man thinks he's stumped her when he asks her
> if she'll wear orange...and she replies, "Orange I won't wear, and that
> rhymes, so there!"
>
> On Friday, October 16, 2015, Cantor03--- via Magdalen <
> magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:
>
> >
> >
> >
> > In a message dated 10/16/2015 11:12:26 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> > scottknitter at gmail.com <javascript:;> writes:
> >
> >
> > The  four engineers /
> > wore orange brassieres.
> >
> > ...so "orange" rhymes with  "four eng-", I guess.>>>>>>
> >
> >
> > But not in the Upper Midwest USA where "orange" is a one
> > syllable word.
> >
> > I remember some cute dialogue some years ago playing with
> > "orange you glad you did."  I looked at this for awhile and  wondered
> > what on earth they meant.  Then I figured out that "orange" is
> > two syllables in much of the USA, mimicking "are-n't" (pronounced
> > in two syllables (Are-enge).
> >
> >
> >
> > David Strang.
> >
> >
> >
> >
>