tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3535543883262225735.post7454017633473012412..comments2023-10-22T20:53:58.823-04:00Comments on String Too Short to Tie: Dancin' at the Grange #Tvanillahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11978025976591113499noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3535543883262225735.post-53533419032424937582014-04-25T10:30:24.945-04:002014-04-25T10:30:24.945-04:00Sharkey, I thank you.
Chuck, you are right. I di...Sharkey, I thank you.<br /><br />Chuck, you are right. I did, didn't I?vanillahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11978025976591113499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3535543883262225735.post-27799866018557236132014-04-25T09:56:06.608-04:002014-04-25T09:56:06.608-04:00Of course you dare say it. In fact, I believe you...Of course you dare say it. In fact, I believe you just did.Secondary Roadshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05116234285533139701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3535543883262225735.post-88842640431422762912014-04-25T09:10:40.968-04:002014-04-25T09:10:40.968-04:00Wonderful, as always. I can just hear it being sai...Wonderful, as always. I can just hear it being said as I read it.Sharkbyteshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10139935335209860357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3535543883262225735.post-82572232906838474082014-04-24T14:35:43.271-04:002014-04-24T14:35:43.271-04:00Grace, you have keenly attuned ear and eye. I wro...Grace, you have keenly attuned ear and eye. I wrote a disclaimer regarding Uncle Jep's delivery, but have not published it here (until now). "A note about Uncle Jep’s patois, or lingo. This does not represent itself to be a dialect, so one should not look for that. Imagine you hear the Old Uncle’s delivery in a deliberate way, not quite a drawl, but slow nevertheless. We recall that Mr. Miller grew up in East Tennessee and Southwest Virginia, so it is natural that some of the expressions he uses may well originate there. But remember also that he lived sixty-six years of his adult life in a very specific Western locale."<br /><br />My father's variation on "that being said" was "I said all that to say this. . ." Heard him say it dozens of times.vanillahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11978025976591113499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3535543883262225735.post-43340656274422137422014-04-24T14:06:59.183-04:002014-04-24T14:06:59.183-04:00The 'accent' is different in this one from...The 'accent' is different in this one from the others - <br /><br />I still use 'cat's pajamas', tho it is before my time and 'when all is said and done' but I also use 'that being said' - Sorry! Gracehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02779872914493612101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3535543883262225735.post-2886304470961972362014-04-24T10:14:36.392-04:002014-04-24T10:14:36.392-04:00Shelly, oh, I am so happy you have safely returned...Shelly, oh, I am so happy you have safely returned. Can't wait to hear about it.<br /><br />Chuck, thank you for the encouragement. As to the said vs. done issue, that is an immutable universal truth, be it in committee, in a formal meeting, at a social gathering, or, dare I say it, at church. It is excusable at the social gathering, the other venues, not so muchvanillahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11978025976591113499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3535543883262225735.post-63631517981173185012014-04-24T09:37:07.437-04:002014-04-24T09:37:07.437-04:00You have a great way with a story.
Speaking of ex...You have a great way with a story.<br /><br />Speaking of expressions, <i>When all is said done</i>, there will be more said than done.Secondary Roadshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05116234285533139701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3535543883262225735.post-19943167448609098722014-04-24T08:48:08.375-04:002014-04-24T08:48:08.375-04:00Vee, expressions come and go. (A current one, but ...Vee, expressions come and go. (A current one, but one much too old now, which I wish would go is "That being said." Just trying here to inject a bit of the flavor of the era.vanillahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11978025976591113499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3535543883262225735.post-83817535714114334632014-04-24T08:43:14.469-04:002014-04-24T08:43:14.469-04:00Oh, I know I'm home! Great storytelling, as al...Oh, I know I'm home! Great storytelling, as always~Shellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04930262815304757150noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3535543883262225735.post-44608046440465276152014-04-24T07:35:23.074-04:002014-04-24T07:35:23.074-04:00The "cat's pajamas." It's been a...The "cat's pajamas." It's been a long time since I last heard that one.Veehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12222653231278680963noreply@blogger.com