[stylist] useful resource
James H. "Jim" Canaday M.A. N6YR
n6yr at sunflower.com
Sun Jun 27 03:34:03 UTC 2010
thanks Brad.
I'll check it out.
jc
At 07:03 AM 6/18/2010, you wrote:
>James,
>
>Thanks for the resource. It'll come in handy for songwriting as well
>:). On my web page I have a listing of songwriting resources, on
>there, there are some writing reference tools theasauruses,
>dictionaries, etc. Go to:
>
>http://www.braddunsemusic.com/links.html
>
>There might be something of use. If you have any others please let
>me know and I'll add them to my list like I've done the phrase one
>you just sent.
>
>Thanks.
>
>Brad
>
>At 11:57 PM 6/17/2010, you wrote:
>>you're welcome. I certainly appreciate it.
>>
>>I am curious which online dictionaries people use, and which
>>thesauri [plural for thesaurus].
>>jc
>>
>>At 05:51 PM 6/17/2010, you wrote:
>>>Jim, This is excellent! Thanks for sharing. Donna
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>>>James H. "Jim" Canaday M.A. N6YR wrote:
>>>>I've subscribed to the "a phrase a week" newsletter for some time
>>>>now. don't think have shared it here. below you'll see yesterday's.
>>>>jc
>>>>From: A Phrase A Week <apaw at phrasefinder.co.uk>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>In the nick of time
>>>>
>>>>Meaning
>>>>
>>>>Just in time; at the precise moment.
>>>>
>>>>Origin
>>>>
>>>>The English language gives us the opportunity to be 'in' many
>>>>things -
>>>><http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/in-the-doldrums.html>the
>>>>doldrums,
>>>><http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/in-the-offing.html>the
>>>>offing, <http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/in-the-pink.html>the
>>>>pink; we can even be
>>>><http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/down-in-the-dumps.html>down
>>>>in the dumps. With all of these expressions it is pretty easy to
>>>>see what they refer to, but what or where is the 'nick of time'?
>>>>It may not be immediately obvious what the nick of time is, but
>>>>we do know what it means to be in it, i.e. arriving at the last
>>>>propitious moment. Prior to the 16th century there was another
>>>>expression used to convey that meaning - 'pudding time'. This
>>>>relates to the fact that pudding was the dish served first at
>>>>mediaeval mealtimes. To arrive at pudding time was to arrive at
>>>>the start of the meal, just in time to eat. Pudding was then a
>>>>savoury dish - a form of sausage or haggis (see also
>>>><http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/proof-of-the-pudding.html>the
>>>>proof is in the pudding). Pudding time is first referred to in
>>>>print in John Heywood's invaluable glossary A dialogue conteinyng
>>>>the nomber in effect of all the prouerbes in the Englishe tongue, 1546:
>>>>
>>>>This geare comth euen in puddyng time ryghtly.
>>>>
>>>>In the nick of
>>>>time
>>>>That seems a perfectly serviceable idiom, so why did the Tudors
>>>>change it to 'the nick of time'? The motivation appears to be the
>>>>desire to express a finer degree of timing than the vague 'around
>>>>the beginning of the meal'. The nick that was being referred to
>>>>was a notch or small cut and was synonymous with precision. Such
>>>>notches were used on 'tally' sticks to measure or keep score.
>>>>
>>>>Note: the expressions 'keeping score' and 'keeping tally' derive
>>>>from this and so do 'stocks' and 'shares', which refer to the
>>>>splitting of such sticks (stocks) along their length and sharing
>>>>the two matching halves as a record of a deal.
>>>>
>>>>If someone is now said to be 'in the nick' the English would
>>>>expect him to be found in prison, the Scots would picture him in
>>>>the valley between two hills and Australians would imagine him to
>>>>be naked. To Shakespeare and his contemporaries if someone were
>>>>'in (or at, or upon) the (very) nick' they were in the precise
>>>>place at the precise time. Watches and the strings of musical
>>>>instruments were adjusted to precise pre-marked nicks to keep
>>>>them in proper order. Ben Jonson makes a reference to that in the
>>>>play Pans Anniversary, circa 1637:
>>>>
>>>>For to these, there is annexed a clock-keeper, a grave person, as
>>>>Time himself, who is to see that they all keep time to a nick.
>>>>
>>>>Arthur Golding gave what is likely to be the first example of the
>>>>use of 'nick' in this context in his translation of Ovid's Metamorphosis, 1565:
>>>>
>>>>Another thing cleane overthwart there commeth in the nicke:
>>>>The Ladie Semell great with childe by Jove as then was quicke.
>>>>
>>>>The 'time' in 'the nick of time' is rather superfluous, as nick
>>>>itself refers to time. The first example of the use of the phrase
>>>>as we now know it comes in Arthur Day's Festivals, 1615:
>>>>
>>>>Even in this nicke of time, this very, very instant.
>>>>
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