[lit-ideas] Re: Fwd: Re: Pound's treason
- From: David Ritchie <profdritchie@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 14 Feb 2015 17:04:41 -0800
On Feb 14, 2015, at 1:22 AM, Ed Farrell wrote:
>
>>
>> 1) Can't call a wind wee because wee was originally a reference to weight
>> http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=wee
> It makes no difference since he is referring to the Wee Wind 16, which is
> made by Airstream and since air stream is air in motion 'wee wind' is
> perfectly acceptable under any circumstances regardless of your or JLS's
> objections.
> http://vintageairstream.com/photo-archives/1948-wee-wind-16/
> Also, a pound is a weight therefore even in the Scottish usage wee is simply
> a circular reference to Ezra Pound.
Clear as a pound of mud, which is different from a pond, because there's no "u"
in team.
David Ritchie,
not near by Dundee and the Magdalen Green
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