Re: [OT: Elfquest]
On Tue, Aug 12, 2003 at 07:07:00PM +0200, David Fokkema wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 12, 2003 at 12:14:36PM -0400, ScruLoose wrote:
> > There's a long history in English (especially informal English, maybe)
> > of using 'sweet' for 'good' in some circumstances.
> > From the pop song some years back that mentioned "kisses sweeter than
> > wine" which makes no literal sense because neither kisses nor (decent)
> > wine are actually sweet-tasting -- to the widespread use of "sweet
> > deal!" to describe a particularly impressive bargain...
>
> Ah, of course... This reminds me of a line in a children's song: 'wie
> zoet is krijgt lekkers' meaning 'those who are sweet will receive
> candy/cookies/whatever' (I don't know the word in english which
> describes the whole range of candy/cookies/etc.).
Ironically, the word you probably want in at least British English would
be "sweets". :)
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Colin Watson [cjwatson@flatline.org.uk]
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