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By Theodore M. Bernstein
Time for a drink. That's just about what time it is for
us tiler s long search caused by a note from Gertrsde A
Donnelly of Wilmington, Del. What she wanted to know
was the, origin of the expression "Don't take a drink until
thsrjn crosses the yardaixn" "
Unbelievable as it may seem, the expression does not
appear in any popular b.ook of quotations or dictionary.
The nearest approach to it is in Eric Partridge's Dictionary
of Sang and Unconventional English, where the follow
ing entry appears: 'Get the sun over the foreyard'.
To drink before noon: Nautical Bowen defines 'sun over
the foreyard as the time by which a drink is pem
fble"
A foreyard is the lowest crossbar on a foremast; that
would suggest that the time at which the sun is over it is
mighty early in the day and that it is mighty early when a
drink is permissible.
The only thing we can add to this bit of misty informa
tion is that probably the expression is of Birtish nautical
origin.
'
t'iz. What does that little word sic mean?, asks William
Perch of Philadelphia. It is a Latin word meaning thus or
just so. It is normally enclosed in brackets and inserted
into quoted matter to indicate that the preceding word or
words, mistaken though they may be, were just that way
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The University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Extension Division
presents
A MAJOR HUMAN POTENTIAL
CONFERENCE
an
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FORCES,
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April 9-11, 1976
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in the original. Thus the word sic gets the quoter off the
hook and leaves the quotee on it.
Curdled cliches. As readers with incred&ly long
memories may recall, this rectangle has on previous
occadens printed what we have labeled -curdled cliches.
Those are trite expressions that some people have heard
but, because of a bad ear or a bad memory, cannot repro
duce quite correctly. They are likely to say such things as
.thatf a fragment of your imagination.
Now Anthony liazzone of Urbasa, EL, sends in a few,
to wit: He lives near a virgin forest, where the hand of
man has never set foot. TTiere was something on cry
mind, and I just had to get it off my chest." "last week
the FtdSies had three games back to back.
Word oddities. That phrase to wit in the foregoing item
means namely or that is to say. The word wit in the
phrase is archaic except in that to wit combination. It
comes from the Old English wit an meaning to know.
Vord oddities. One of the most overworked words of
our time is viable, and it is not certain that its users
always are sure of , its meaning. It comes from the Latin
vita, life, and -able, and as that derivation suggests, it
means able to live. What many of its users intend it to
mean, however, is able to live prosperously, feasible,
practicable or able to work.
I C) 1 976 Thsodora M. Brnnmhn ,
Special FntyrM
Richard E. Bradley, dean of the College of Dentistry
UNL, was sheeted president-elect of the American Associ
ation of Dental Schools at the organization! national
convention in Miami Beach, Fla.
Bradley will become president of the national organi
zation of dental schools at its 1977 convention in Las
Vegas. '
A UNL dental student has won a $500 prize for a
paper presented at the annual meeting of the Internation
al Association for Dmtal Research in Miami Beach, Valde
' mar DeRfk received the association's Edward II. Hatton
Award made to "young investigators judged best in pre
senting meritorious papers on original research last week.
DeRrjks paper concerned his laser experiments at UNL
to find the best material possible for use as dental fillings,
DeRipc, a Dutch-born student, earned an undergrad
uate degree in physics at the University of Amsterdam and
a Ph.D. from NU in physics;
Terry Tafion, UNL payroll manager, is the 1976 re
cipient of the Carl A. Donaldson Award for excellence
in management at NU.
Tallon, a UNL business administration graduate, joined
the university in 1965 as assistant bursar. He was named
assistant payroll manager and later was promoted to
manager.
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