The Great Salt Lake At Sunset

The Great Salt Lake At Sunset

The Great Salt Lake At Sunset

The Great Salt Lake At Sunset

Friday, March 9, 2018

Words, Words, Words

“Words, words, words, I’m so sick of words! I get words all day through, first from him, now from you! Is that all you blighters can do? “  — Eliza Doolittle, “Show Me”, from My Fair Lady.




Unlike the Pygmalion Eliza, I think I’ve always been fascinated by words.

An Australian friend recently shared this on Facebook:


And this was shared four years ago by George Takei.



I just discovered an excellent resource that discusses the origin of various quotes.  The one about the battle of wits is one of my favorites:  https://quoteinvestigator.com/2014/06/24/wit-battle/

2 comments:

  1. Yes we are bombarded with words. I enjoyed this post and the cartoon. Thanks for the laugh. your classmate.

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    1. Hi, Simone! Thanks for dropping by. Feel free to share a link to your blog.

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