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SweetFreedom Posted 12 years ago
Grammar
You're li'ble / To read?
Does "you're li'ble / To read" mean "you're able to read"?
Background info:
Sophisticated Christians do not need George Gershwin to
convince them that 'The things that you're li'ble / To read in the
Bible / It ain't necessarily so'. But there are many unsophisticated
Christians out there who think it absolutely is necessarily so - who
take the Bible very seriously indeed as a literal and accurate record
of history and hence as evidence supporting their religious beliefs.
Do these people never open the book that they believe is the literal
truth? Why don't they notice those glaring contradictions?
Background info:
Sophisticated Christians do not need George Gershwin to
convince them that 'The things that you're li'ble / To read in the
Bible / It ain't necessarily so'. But there are many unsophisticated
Christians out there who think it absolutely is necessarily so - who
take the Bible very seriously indeed as a literal and accurate record
of history and hence as evidence supporting their religious beliefs.
Do these people never open the book that they believe is the literal
truth? Why don't they notice those glaring contradictions?
Top answer
It's a shortened form of the word 'liable'. George Gershwin wrote it that way in a song, to make it rhyme with the word Bible . It means 'likely'.
- It's a shortened form of the word 'liable'.
- George Gershwin wrote it that way in a song, to make it rhyme with the word Bible .
- It means 'likely'.
- Here is the first verse of the song, called 'It ain't necessarily so'.
- It ain't necessarily so It ain't necessarily so The t'ings dat yo' li'ble To read in de Bible, It ain't necessarily so.
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It's a shortened form of the word 'liable'. George Gershwin wrote it that way in a song, to make it rhyme with the word Bible.
It means 'likely'.
Here is the first verse of the song, called 'It ain't necessarily so'.
It ain't necessarily so
It ain't necessarily so
The t'ings dat yo' li'ble
It means 'likely'.
Here is the first verse of the song, called 'It ain't necessarily so'.
It ain't necessarily so
It ain't necessarily so
The t'ings dat yo' li'ble
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It is hard to understand for me.
Let me try to interpret:
The t'ings dat yo' li'ble (the things that you are liable/responsible)
To read in de Bible, (to read something in the Bible)
It ain't necessarily so. (But you are not necessary to do so)
I don't believe I've got it correct. Because the interpretation doesn't convince me.
Let me try to interpret:
The t'ings dat yo' li'ble (the things that you are liable/responsible)
To read in de Bible, (to read something in the Bible)
It ain't necessarily so. (But you are not necessary to do so)
I don't believe I've got it correct. Because the interpretation doesn't convince me.
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The t'ings dat yo' li'ble (the things that you are likely)
To read in de Bible, (to read in the Bible)
It ain't necessarily so. (those things are not necessarily so, ie may not be true)
Clive
To read in de Bible, (to read in the Bible)
It ain't necessarily so. (those things are not necessarily so, ie may not be true)
Clive
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SweetFreedomWhat does it mean?It means you don't have to believe the stories you find in the Bible, because they may not be true, after all.
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