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Old Love
Love is a strong word to have survived the use and abuse it puts up with. How will it evolve now that 'I love you' has become a common phrase for goodbye , which, in turn, evolved under pressure of usage from 'God be with you'? Up to now, 'love' has succeeded in shedding many expressions while holding it own form.
Modern people might think of bondage when hearing LOVE-BOND, but it simply meant a spiritual bonding years ago. Does anyone remember that a LOVE-DITTY was a little song or poem? Or that LOVE-BEADS were hand-made necklaces of the flower-power generation?
LOVE-BEGOTTEN used to be adjective for a child born outside of marriage. The noun phrase was LOVE-BRAT. A LOVE-BLINK denoted a quick glance between lovers. I've never heard of 'Love at first blink. A LOVE-BROKER arranged meetings or carried messages between lovers.
I'd love to continue by space doesn't permit it. So ... see you with love in the next issue.
by Joel Miller |
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"The person who claims that everything has a price is advertising that they can be bought ... and sold."
Dartwill Aquila |
"Even if you are on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there."
Will Rogers |
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| The game of Snakes and Ladders, probably of Indian origin, was first used during the Middle Ages to teach morality. One could go up the ladders landing on Reliably, Generosity or Humility, for example, and slide down a snake for Greed, Lust or Pride. We don't play with morals today. |
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William Kemler, who killed his lover, was the first person to meet death in an electric chair (1890). The dentist Albert Southwick proposed the concept of electrocution as a humane way of execution 9 years earlier. |
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"A woman is like a teabag. You don't know how strong it is until it gets into hot water."
Eleanor Roosevelt |
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| The following words entered the English language 60 years ago: |
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| TEFLON
- This was the registered name for polytetraflouroethylene, a thermoplastic resin, developed by the du Pont Co. The name didn't become known until the 1960s when it was used for non-stick frying pans. |
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| PUNCH-CARDs
were about the size of an airline ticket and contained holes representing data to be used by strange new machines called computers. |
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