tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2629301231907528990.post3572535140301609125..comments2024-03-26T18:01:57.609+00:00Comments on Inky Fool: The CutM.H. Forsythhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01464964455944509750noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2629301231907528990.post-14094960098470140672012-01-27T08:07:12.278+00:002012-01-27T08:07:12.278+00:00The famously rude playwright Edward Knoblock was a...The famously rude playwright Edward Knoblock was accosted on Waterloo Station by a woman friend who demanded: "Do you know you cut me three times at Woking?"<br />"Really?" he said. "I only saw you twice."Chris Partridgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14883064324795042491noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2629301231907528990.post-42305708314717759952012-01-26T14:53:09.554+00:002012-01-26T14:53:09.554+00:00Here's the original. Interesting that it foll...Here's <a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=oPvODnZdQEEC&dq=%22there%20are%20several%20species%20of%20the%20cut%22&pg=PT57#v=onepage&q=%22there%20are%20several%20species%20of%20the%20cut%22&f=false" rel="nofollow">the original</a>. Interesting that it follows Johnson in the "analyze" spelling which today would be considered American.<br /><br />It doesn't seem to be in the <a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=NqHteIy-lXYC&dq=grose%20%22dictionary%20of%20the%20vulgar%20tongue%22&pg=PT68#v=onepage&q&f=false" rel="nofollow">1785 edition</a>.vphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16647609487352038948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2629301231907528990.post-49710375884731879182012-01-26T13:55:01.087+00:002012-01-26T13:55:01.087+00:00I wonder if that explains the phrase "didn...I wonder if that explains the phrase "didn't make the cut"?<br />Or sombody was "cut" from the team?Rickhttps://www.facebook.com/#!/noreply@blogger.com