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Time flies
I've just been watching Sergio Leone's "Once Upon A Time In The West". I'm not sure about the set period, but sometime in the second half of the 19th century at the time when the railroads where being built.
Anyway, at one point in the movie one of the protagonists (Charles Bronson) says to Henry Fonda's character "Time sure flies". Would this be an anachronism?
(I'm sitting at home woith no access to useful dictionary to look in, and I just can't let it go.)
jouni maho
Anyway, at one point in the movie one of the protagonists (Charles Bronson) says to Henry Fonda's character "Time sure flies". Would this be an anachronism?
(I'm sitting at home woith no access to useful dictionary to look in, and I just can't let it go.)
jouni maho
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[nq:1]I've just been watching Sergio Leone's "Once Upon A Time In The West". I'm not sure about the set period, ... )[/nq] I don't think so.
- [nq:1]I've just been watching Sergio Leone's "Once Upon A Time In The West".
- I'm not sure about the set period, ...
- )[/nq] I don't think so.
- The Latin original tempus fugit has been around for a few centuries.
- And as far as I know "sure" was in use in AmE in the 19th century at least, if all the Westerns I've ever seen are to ve believed.
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[nq:1]I've just been watching Sergio Leone's "Once Upon A Time In The West". I'm not sure about the set period, ... (I'm sitting at home woith no access to useful dictionary to look in, and I just can't let it go.)[/nq]
I don't think so. The Latin original tempus fugit has been around for a few centuries. And as far as I know "sure" was in use in AmE in the 19th century at least, if all the We
I don't think so. The Latin original tempus fugit has been around for a few centuries. And as far as I know "sure" was in use in AmE in the 19th century at least, if all the We
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[nq:1]I've just been watching Sergio Leone's "Once Upon A Time In The West". I'm not sure about the set period, ... (I'm sitting at home woith no access to useful dictionary to look in, and I just can't let it go.)[/nq]
The Oxford Dictionary of English Proverbs has 1776 for the first record of the precise words "Time flies!" However, they have variations going back to Chaucer (1386, "Ay fleeth
The Oxford Dictionary of English Proverbs has 1776 for the first record of the precise words "Time flies!" However, they have variations going back to Chaucer (1386, "Ay fleeth
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[nq:2]I've just been watching Sergio Leone's "Once Upon A Time ... to look in, and I just can't let it go.)[/nq]
[nq:1]The Oxford Dictionary of English Proverbs has 1776 for the first record of the precise words "Time flies!" However, they ... this. Now, if Henry Fonda had replied with any version of "fruit flies like a banana," then I'd howl anachronism.[/nq]
Thanks. I knew about "
[nq:1]The Oxford Dictionary of English Proverbs has 1776 for the first record of the precise words "Time flies!" However, they ... this. Now, if Henry Fonda had replied with any version of "fruit flies like a banana," then I'd howl anachronism.[/nq]
Thanks. I knew about "
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[nq:1]Now, if Henry Fonda had replied with any version of "fruit flies like a banana," then I'd howl anachronism.[/nq]
And besides, we all know that anachronisms are acceptable, as they occur in Shakespeare (-:
Paul
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And besides, we all know that anachronisms are acceptable, as they occur in Shakespeare (-:
Paul
My Lake District walking site (updated 29th September 2003):
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I replied without reading too carefully:
[nq:2]The Oxford Dictionary of English Proverbs has 1776 for the first record[/nq]
Ah. Oxford Dictionary of English Proverbs. I wanted to look in OED online, but that's obviously not the same. Is the proverb-thing (or something equivalent) available online?
[nq:2]The Oxford Dictionary of English Proverbs has 1776 for the first record[/nq]
Ah. Oxford Dictionary of English Proverbs. I wanted to look in OED online, but that's obviously not the same. Is the proverb-thing (or something equivalent) available online?
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[nq:1]I replied without reading too carefully:[/nq]
[nq:1]Ah. Oxford Dictionary of English Proverbs. I wanted to look in OED online, but that's obviously not the same. Is the proverb-thing (or something equivalent) available online?[/nq]
No, sorry, this is a hardcover edition I picked up a few years ago at the American Book Center in Amsterdam. A 1997 reprint of the 1970 edition. I haven't
[nq:1]Ah. Oxford Dictionary of English Proverbs. I wanted to look in OED online, but that's obviously not the same. Is the proverb-thing (or something equivalent) available online?[/nq]
No, sorry, this is a hardcover edition I picked up a few years ago at the American Book Center in Amsterdam. A 1997 reprint of the 1970 edition. I haven't
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[nq:2]I've just been watching Sergio Leone's "Once Upon A Time ... to look in, and I just can't let it go.)[/nq]
[nq:1]I don't think so. The Latin original tempus fugit has been around for a few centuries.[/nq]
"Time flies" may be the equivalent of tempvs fvgit (gotta love them funky v's), but isn't "time flees" a more accurate translation? The meaning is perhaps different, too, wit
[nq:1]I don't think so. The Latin original tempus fugit has been around for a few centuries.[/nq]
"Time flies" may be the equivalent of tempvs fvgit (gotta love them funky v's), but isn't "time flees" a more accurate translation? The meaning is perhaps different, too, wit
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[nq:2]I don't think so. The Latin original tempus fugit has been around for a few centuries.[/nq]
[nq:1]"Time flies" may be the equivalent of tempvs fvgit (gotta love them funky v's), but isn't "time flees" a more ... don't do Latin, but wouldn't "flies" be something not unrelated to the title of a much-loved Al Martino song? (Whoa-oh-oh-oh.)[/nq]
It had never occurred to me that fu
[nq:1]"Time flies" may be the equivalent of tempvs fvgit (gotta love them funky v's), but isn't "time flees" a more ... don't do Latin, but wouldn't "flies" be something not unrelated to the title of a much-loved Al Martino song? (Whoa-oh-oh-oh.)[/nq]
It had never occurred to me that fu
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[nq:1]"Time flies" may be the equivalent of tempvs fvgit (gotta love them funky v's), but isn't "time flees" a more ... don't do Latin, but wouldn't "flies" be something not unrelated to the title of a much-loved Al Martino song? (Whoa-oh-oh-oh.)[/nq]
I suppose VOLO rather than FUGIO for 'fly', but the latter sounds better, IMHO.
Besides, 'flee' and 'fly' in English have long been c
I suppose VOLO rather than FUGIO for 'fly', but the latter sounds better, IMHO.
Besides, 'flee' and 'fly' in English have long been c
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[nq:2]I don't think so. The Latin original tempus fugit has been around for a few centuries.[/nq]
[nq:1]"Time flies" may be the equivalent of tempvs fvgit (gotta love them funky v's), but isn't "time flees" a more ... don't do Latin, but wouldn't "flies" be something not unrelated to the title of a much-loved Al Martino song? (Whoa-oh-oh-oh.)[/nq]
Different flies for different folks
[nq:1]"Time flies" may be the equivalent of tempvs fvgit (gotta love them funky v's), but isn't "time flees" a more ... don't do Latin, but wouldn't "flies" be something not unrelated to the title of a much-loved Al Martino song? (Whoa-oh-oh-oh.)[/nq]
Different flies for different folks
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