[lit-ideas] Re: Fwd: Re: Pound's treason
- From: Ed Farrell <ewf@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 14 Feb 2015 19:39:28 -0800
> On Feb 14, 2015, at 5:04 PM, David Ritchie <profdritchie@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>
>> On Feb 14, 2015, at 1:22 AM, Ed Farrell wrote:
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>>>
>>> 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.
>
That's certainly a good point.
> David Ritchie,
> not near by Dundee and the Magdalen Green
Ed Farrell
>
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