[Magdalen] the word "smart"

[ME Michaud]

My grandmother would be 143 years old in September (!)
 When I think about that, it amazes me.
 I can remember her voice, the feel of her delicate skin.

I remember the afternoon when she laid the newspaper down and said, "I have
more friends on the Other Side than I have here now." I was too young to
realize I should tell her that I would be her friend. That I'd remember her
for my whole life. That I'd always love her.

I think of the way the world changed in her lifetime. From kerosene lamps
and wood stoves and wagons with horses to automobiles and airplanes and
telephones. It's a great example of how adaptable human beings are.

And she survived two BCP revisions :-D
-M


On Tuesday, July 14, 2020, Marion Thompson <marionwhitevale at gmail.com>
wrote:

> I'm with your grandmother on smart,  ME, hardly surprising as I close in on
> 82.  An intellig would be just that, brainpower and knowledge
> mixed.  Bright would be that little bit of canny mixed in.
>
> Marion, a pilgrim
>
> On Tue, Jul 14, 2020 at 6:30 AM ME Michaud <michaudme at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > We were talking about words yesterday and I remembered:
> > my grandmother used the word "smart" to describe someone fashionably
> > dressed,3
> > and a "smart car" was new, shiny, bordering on vulgar.
> >
> > My mother used "smart" in that sense, too, and also to mean
> "intelligent,"
> >
> > To me, a smart person is intelligent and a bit canny,
> > and a smart car fits in a tiny parking space.
> >
> > Words just go on changing.
> > No wonder we cling to our BCP.
> > -M
> >
>