HOLD ON TIGHT

HE SAID, MARIE, MARIE, HOLD ON TIGHT And when we were children, staying at the archduke's, My cousin's, he took me out on a sled, And I was frightened. He said, Marie, Marie, hold on tight. And down we went. In the mountains, there you feel free. I read, much of the night, and go south in the winter. ~ The Waste Land, "The Burial of The Dead", Eliot Sunday, March 23, 2008 lah i am reading shakespeare's coriolanus now. to my utmost surprise, the women add "la" to the end of their sentences, and the friendly index says "la is an emphatic interjection, without meaning in itself." this means that renaissance england also "lah-ed" their way through language, thus the origin of "lah" is not entirely clear altogether (?) posted by dawn # 7:53 PM Comments: Post a Comment << Home		[publishing] Publishers Weekly . Dystel & Goderich . New York Center for Independent Publishing . Association of American University Presses . Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators [people] clarisse . nurul . aunty zarina (ummi's bakery) . jeremy . pak . cyril . softblow . karen & kenny (booksactually) . eric . joel . [other loves] digitaljournalist . ballet dictionary . poetshouse . urbanwordnyc [me] dawn, singapore, new york city, ithaca. [yesterday] the artist forgiveness small press month! fyi horseshoe crabs spring equinox jerk tired spring and summer green dragon day lovely [archives] January 2007 February 2007 March 2007 April 2007 May 2007 July 2007 August 2007 September 2007 October 2007 November 2007 December 2007 January 2008 February 2008 March 2008 April 2008 May 2008 June 2008 July 2008 August 2008 September 2008 October 2008 November 2008 December 2008 January 2009 February 2009

HE SAID, MARIE, MARIE, HOLD ON TIGHT

And when we were children, staying at the archduke's,
My cousin's, he took me out on a sled,
And I was frightened. He said, Marie,
Marie, hold on tight. And down we went.
In the mountains, there you feel free.
I read, much of the night, and go south in the winter.

~ The Waste Land, "The Burial of The Dead", Eliot

Sunday, March 23, 2008

lah

i am reading shakespeare's coriolanus now. to my utmost surprise, the women add "la" to the end of their sentences, and the friendly index says "la is an emphatic interjection, without meaning in itself." this means that renaissance england also "lah-ed" their way through language, thus the origin of "lah" is not entirely clear altogether (?)

posted by dawn # 7:53 PM

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