[lit-ideas] Re: "There's an old saying in Tennessee"
- From: JulieReneB@xxxxxxx
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 28 Jun 2004 23:10:41 EDT
I don't have any idea why he considers it (or called it) a saying identified
with TN. It's more (I think) like a piece of Americana. I would have
expected it to have originated here, probably somewhere in the south because it
does
have that flavour. Perhaps it's a loose translation of an ancient Chinese
proverb, gradually honed down to a southern phrase.
Julie Krueger
========Original Message========
Subj:[lit-ideas] Re: "There's an old saying in Tennessee"
Date:6/28/2004 9:24:34 PM Central Daylight Time
From:Jlsperanza@xxxxxxx
To:lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent on:
In a message dated 6/28/2004 10:17:22 PM Eastern Standard Time,
JulieReneB@xxxxxxx writes:
What confuses you? Bush just couldn't
say it right. He forgot the second half
What strikes me as interesting is that he wanted to qualify the expression
as being 'an old saying in Tennessee' -- was the speech being delivered
there?
He then notes he _knows_ it's a saying in Texas.
I would think that the proverb is actually generalized all over the United
States, and possibly of English origin?
I do not have the Oxford Dictionary of English proverbs to hand, but the
post I sent earlier -- with the online link -- says it's an Oriental
(Chinese)
proverb. So what's the source for believing it's only Tennessee/Texas?
Cheers,
JL
------------------------------------------------------------------
To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off,
digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html
------------------------------------------------------------------
To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off,
digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html
Other related posts:
