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Usenet Posted 23 years ago
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For What It's Worth, Mervyn's Job.
There was a thread talking about "more than my job is worth", or words to that effect. I found the thread by searching, but for some google-reason I can't post to it, and I'm about to return this library book, so...
Especially for Ms. Richoux, who expressed an inability to find occurrences in print: Whose Body? , Dorothy L. Sayers, 1923; Chapter VII, Paragraph something:
"Not in those trousers, my lord", said Mr. Bunter, blocking the way to the door with deferential firmness.
"Oh, Bunter", pleaded his lordship, "do let me just this once. You don't know how important it is".
"Not on any account, my lord. It would be as much as my place is worth".
( Em dash(?) simulated with double dash-space; periods moved outside quotation marks in expectation of constant-width font. )
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Especially for Ms. Richoux, who expressed an inability to find occurrences in print: Whose Body? , Dorothy L. Sayers, 1923; Chapter VII, Paragraph something:
"Not in those trousers, my lord", said Mr. Bunter, blocking the way to the door with deferential firmness.
"Oh, Bunter", pleaded his lordship, "do let me just this once. You don't know how important it is".
"Not on any account, my lord. It would be as much as my place is worth".
( Em dash(?) simulated with double dash-space; periods moved outside quotation marks in expectation of constant-width font. )
Eden
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[nq:1]There was a thread talking about "more than my job is worth", or words to that effect. I found the ... is worth".
- [nq:1]There was a thread talking about "more than my job is worth", or words to that effect.
- I found the ...
- is worth".
- ) simulated with double dash-space; periods moved outside quotation marks in expectation of constant-width font.
- )[/nq] Thanks.
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[nq:1]There was a thread talking about "more than my job is worth", or words to that effect. I found the ... is worth". ( Em dash(?) simulated with double dash-space; periods moved outside quotation marks in expectation of constant-width font. )[/nq]
Thanks. The saying in general no doubt goes quite far back. What I and some others were actually trying to find was the use of "jobsworth" as a n
Thanks. The saying in general no doubt goes quite far back. What I and some others were actually trying to find was the use of "jobsworth" as a n
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[nq:1]There was a thread talking about "more than my job is worth", or words to that effect. I found the ... is worth". ( Em dash(?) simulated with double dash-space; periods moved outside quotation marks in expectation of constant-width font. )[/nq]
The periods belong inside quotation marks even in UK usage, because each concludes a sentence that lies fully within the quotation marks. I'd als
The periods belong inside quotation marks even in UK usage, because each concludes a sentence that lies fully within the quotation marks. I'd als
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