tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6910681471067702529.post5202294278790061464..comments2012-08-05T08:45:19.781-07:00Comments on Henry Cadmus Olney Diary 1886: March 8 thru March 11, 1886Don Olneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03538129571941391547noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6910681471067702529.post-84586424897901719832009-02-23T04:30:00.000-08:002009-02-23T04:30:00.000-08:00And I am most excited to be able to use this littl...And I am most excited to be able to use this little snippet of information I *just this weekend* learned: quote Roy Blount, Jr., "According to the Random House Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, *don't* 'remained the standard contraction for *does not* in both speech and writing through the Eighteenth century.' " And apparently beyond, in some places; and even today, I hear people in these parts use the same construct. (Along with "ain't," for which people around here--even some of the "educators," have an irrational affection.)Annehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00866782664067835055noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6910681471067702529.post-23648347496221430342009-02-21T16:58:00.000-08:002009-02-21T16:58:00.000-08:00It's SO helpful to have seen that picture of the h...It's SO helpful to have seen that picture of the house, isn't it? I was thinking of something so much smaller and crowded with all these people.Sequanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08617638382237815770noreply@blogger.com