[lit-ideas] Re: With a hey, and a ho, and a hey nonino
- From: "Mike Geary" <atlas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2007 16:06:44 -0500
My ex, who shares grandparentage with MY grandchildren, is called "Nonnie" by
the grandkids. I can't wait to tell her what it means.
Not only that, but after high school she hie'd herself off to a nunnery for a
year or two -- a place of vulvas as Speranza would have us believe, which I do
believe and which I will pass on to her. I, of course, hie'd meself off to a
seminary -- a place of semen and sanctified wet dreams.
Mike Geary
Memphis
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From: David Ritchie
To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2007 3:42 PM
Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: With a hey, and a ho, and a hey nonino
I was so pleased with this that I hie'd me off to the library bookstore to
see if they had a Loeb or two. Alas, there was none.
David Ritchie
wondering whether today's weather is boys' weather in
Portland, Oregon
On Oct 31, 2007, at 4:17 AM, Jlsperanza@xxxxxxx wrote:
why on earth is shakespeare so interested in nonnies
hey nonnie nonnie
ho nonnie nonnie
come nonnie nonnie
sit nonnie nonnie
wag your aspirant tail nonnie nonnie
what was a nonnie anyway
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Well, the OED provides some earlier quotes than Shakespeare. There's
1533 J. HEYWOOD JPlay of Wether sig. Diii,
Gyue boys wether quoth a nonny nonny.
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