From: Ben Crick (ben.crick@argonet.co.uk)
Date: Mon Sep 14 1998 - 18:28:13 EDT
On Mon 14 Sep 98 (13:10:36 +0000), jwest@highland.net wrote:
> that would be true if Woe were an obsolete word. But it isnt. The
> relatively educated pew sitter (the audience of Jesus) would know quite
> well what it meant. And they would also know what "damn you" meant.
> And they would know the difference between the two.
Right, Jim!
Wasn't it the Andrews Sisters who used to sing in close harmony,
"Woe betide the mister
Who comes between me and my sister" ?
...and that was within my lifetime!
CAIRETE EN KURIWi PANTOTE
Ben
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