30-10-2018, 10:06 AM
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Re: Leisurely Scribbles (part 5)
The Morlocks shall not have their way with me, damn them.
RETARDING? Interesting use of the word. Even my Wingate & Schaller 1939 version USA dictionary gives the lie to explicit explanation in the following confused entry.
"his progress was retarded by his limp"
synonyms: delay, slow down, slow up, hold back, set back, keep back, hold up, postpone, put back, detain, decelerate, put a brake on
Limp what? I hear you thinking out loud, but don’t be mislead by this unlikely definition. Retarded & Retarding are at once the same, yet different on so many levels..
Steady on chums.
Why aren’t we agonising or upgrading our deepest angst over major issues like brexit, the rise of China, Putin’s long arm, Trump’s work as the west’s village idiot, I could go on.
As you may have gathered if you’ve read this far I am in an IDLE mood, an expression my dear granny Maud reserved for me & which she reinforced by quickly touching her right ear, then right eye finally her nose,. All in one grand sweep of her hand & declaring
“Ear, Eye Nose you!”
Footnote; for the retarded or retarding (no offence intended)
TRANSLATION
“Ere I knows you”