[Magdalen] The word “me”

[Marion Thompson]

Poetic licence,

Marion, a pilgrim

On Sat, Jul 11, 2020 at 4:38 PM Mahoney, W. Michael <wmmah at stoneledge.net>
wrote:

> I once asked a lecturer on modern poetry whether T. S.  Eliot had
> sacrificed grammar for rhyme in the opening line of "The Love Song of J.
> Alfred Prufrock".   His initial reaction was "Never" but he did later take
> up the issue with his colleagues at a local university, where he found no
> consensus.
>
> What do you think?  The line in question is:
>
>    *  Let us go then, you and I,*
>
> *When the evening is spread out against the sky*
> *Like a patient etherized upon a table;*
>
> Mike M
>
>
> On Sat, Jul 11, 2020 at 3:01 PM Juli Tarsney <juli at tarsney.net> wrote:
>
> > Me and Julio down by the schoolyard...
> >
> > On Fri, Jul 10, 2020 at 9:28 PM Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > One of my pet peeves as well, Allan!  However, do not despair--the use
> of
> > > "me" is not dead!  I hear it all the time in sentences such as "Me and
> > him
> > > went to the store,"  "Me and Julie are going swimming," etc. You get
> the
> > > idea!
> > >
> > > On Fri, Jul 10, 2020 at 4:23 AM Allan Carr via Magdalen <
> > > magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:
> > >
> > > > I read messages in a group called Nextdoor. Most of my neighbors here
> > in
> > > > Southern California never use the word me, as in “A dog attacked my
> dog
> > > and
> > > > I” (an actual sentence I just read).
> > > > This is so common, even in newspapers, that I’m wondering if what we
> > used
> > > > to call the first person objective case “me“ has become obsolete in
> > > > standard American English.
> > > > If not, the proper usage is no longer drilled in school as it was
> years
> > > > ago.
> > > > Is the word “me” now obsolete?
> > > >
> > > > Allan Carr
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > Grace Cangialosi
> > > Ruckersville, VA
> > >
> > > *"Not all of us can do great things, but we can do small things with
> > great
> > > love."*
> > > *St. Teresa of Calcutta*
> > >
> >
>