[lit-ideas] Re: The Dolphin and the Shark: A Philosophical Fable
- From: Jlsperanza@xxxxxxx
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2007 12:28:30 EST
ps. OED for "Legalese" -- Why is a Legal-ESE but no -ESE as applied to Lady
Philosophy or any of her beautiful daughters (Ethica -- or Magna Moralia,
Metaphysica, and Dialektika?
1914 C. J. C. HYNE Firemen Hot 189
He signed his name at the foot of a bald formal agreement, written in the
most incomprehensible legalese.
1966 A. SACHS Jail Diary xvii. 155
After all these weeks I am not used to reading legalese any more.
1967 ‘J. H. ROBERTS’ February Plan I. iii. 81,
I won't go into the legalese, Mr. Corman, but he claims he had a contract
with you.
1973 Black Panther 5 May 13/3
Is it any measure of excellence to assemble glossy paragraphs of smart
untried legalese?
1973 N.Y. Times 11 Aug.,
Gordon Strachan spoke openly of his resort to legalese.
OED for 'shark'
1806 Port Folio 17 May 304/1,
I got plenty of promises, Latin, and jaw, And who ever got more from a
lawyer?
Of the sport I got sick, so threw up the game, For my cash by the sharks had
got eaten.
1840 MARRYAT Poor Jack xxvii,
I'm what they call a shark, that is, I'm a lawyer.
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