[lit-ideas] Re: From Cleanliness to Literature
- From: David Ritchie <ritchierd@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2005 08:36:13 -0800
on 2/16/05 9:44 PM, Robert Paul at guimbarde9@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
>> Except I called the laundry "washing," and they
> hadn't a clue what I was talking about!<
>
> Odd. My grandmother and her daughters did 'the
> washing' all the time. I'm sure laundry and washing
> are even closer than ethics and morals.
>
Perhaps it was the notion of hanging one's washing on a Siegfried, or
common, garden line that stumped them?
On reflection...I know I've heard people in the state to the north of us
("Worshington") discuss "worshing."
David Ritchie
enjoying the weather of Riley in
Portland, Oregon
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