tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2629301231907528990.post2467136234931582879..comments2024-03-26T18:01:57.609+00:00Comments on Inky Fool: MetingM.H. Forsythhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01464964455944509750noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2629301231907528990.post-74784289369870181312015-01-06T09:40:02.156+00:002015-01-06T09:40:02.156+00:00I would like to thank you for the efforts you'...I would like to thank you for the efforts you've put in writing this blog. I'm hoping the same high-grade website post from you in the upcoming as well. Visit http://great-college-paper.com/<br />MaryLemushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02060176644985519487noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2629301231907528990.post-187280897466057282011-12-07T20:29:19.130+00:002011-12-07T20:29:19.130+00:00any relation to 'meter'?any relation to 'meter'?Robnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2629301231907528990.post-77431344803373696552011-12-07T16:14:46.978+00:002011-12-07T16:14:46.978+00:00You do realize that the word "thusly" is...You do realize that the word "thusly" is a joke?vphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16647609487352038948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2629301231907528990.post-67691181261827048682011-12-07T13:59:29.286+00:002011-12-07T13:59:29.286+00:00This is lovelier and sweeter,
Men of Ithaca, this...This is lovelier and sweeter, <br />Men of Ithaca, this is meeter, <br />In the hollow rosy vale to tarry.<br />(Tennyson)<br /><br />The modern spelling for mete adj = appropriate is meet, and has been so for the last few centuries, for example in the Bible (AV, 1611):<br /><br />"And Moses said, It is not meet so to do" (Exodus 8:26)<br /><br />The only occurrences of mete in that version occur in the verbal sense, usually mete out, meaning to measure.Vincenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18297306807695767580noreply@blogger.com