tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3662517.post2222336217281874543..comments2024-02-10T20:49:20.762-05:00Comments on bjkeefe: It's not quite at the level of "very unique." Yet.bjkeefehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10967912817595826059noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3662517.post-74182014455336223922009-05-14T12:19:00.000-04:002009-05-14T12:19:00.000-04:00TC, Oh, I never expected anything other than wit a...TC, Oh, I never expected anything other than wit and irony from Churchill, he was a dazzler with the lingo. As the Head Swabby of the Royal Fleet he once said, "Don't talk to me about naval tradition. It's nothing but rum, sodomy and the lash." - Sir Winston ChurchillAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3662517.post-51049457014001260832009-05-13T20:14:00.000-04:002009-05-13T20:14:00.000-04:00Don, As I recall the entire quote from Chuchill w...Don, As I recall the entire quote from Chuchill went like this: (Upon being corrected for ending a sentence with a preposition)...<br />"That is the sort of errant pedantry, up with which I shall not put." Thus, rather than urging it on people he was making fun of it. But don't ask for a citation. The citation is from the dark corner of my memory bank.TCnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3662517.post-80800354321205319532009-05-13T19:30:00.000-04:002009-05-13T19:30:00.000-04:00I use "from whence" myself--mainly to avoid confus...I use "from whence" myself--mainly to avoid confusing people and showing off... ;-)<br />In fact, though, my OED informs me that "The use with <B>from</B> is very common... and has been used by reputable writers since the 14th century. It is now broadly accepted in standard English."<br />I'd say 6 or 700 years is long enough to consider a phrase "good" English.<br />We all have our own nitpicks, however...Rickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02630742048605089548noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3662517.post-17101797501145296322009-05-13T15:32:00.000-04:002009-05-13T15:32:00.000-04:00From whence do you come up with all this time on y...From whence do you come up with all this time on your hands?<br /><br /><I>"From now on, ending a sentence with a preposition is something up with which I will not put."</I> - Sir Winston ChurchillAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com