[lit-ideas] Re: "Forever and a day" (Was: The Most Hateful English Expressions
- From: "Julie Krueger" <juliereneb@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 14 Oct 2007 05:13:38 -0500
Whenever I hear the "forever and a day" phrase, I immediately start humming
Those Were the Days, My Friend.....a song my Dad loved to sing around the
house just to get my goat, because I wanted to call him on all the logical
and ethical implications .....
Julie Krueger
On 10/13/07, Jlsperanza@xxxxxxx <Jlsperanza@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> And a year was forever and a day
>
> >>they should be _trained_ for ever and a
> >>day).<<
>
> >Welcome back, guy, hope you stay awhile,
> Thanx. Actually I'm hoping to stay for ever and a day.
>
> Isn't that a horrible British cliche? I can't conceive Evita Peron ever
> uttering it -- less so from the pink Balcony.
>
> "For a thousand night and one night" sounds better.
>
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