Re: Joey Hess is out?
On Sat, 08 Nov 2014 16:16:38 -0600, John Hasler wrote:
> Lisi writes:
>> That didn't even cross my mind. American? Or just your circle?
>
> His circle.
>
>> Would the Tea Party concur?
>
> That meaning of "out" being at the top of the mind is more a San
> Francisco sort of thing.
Possibly a Montreal thing, too. But despite being a Montrealer, the
originally intended meaning of 'out' was still at the top of my mind.
Here we too say, 'I'm out' as a statement of nonparticipation. Or
possibly winning or losing in a game, as in Rummy or baseball.
-- hendrik
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