Wednesday, October 9, 2013

Trend Fatigue---Hearts and Syntax

  How long is the Hand Heart destined to last?  Cute the first few thousand times, but now it makes me feel like breaking thumbs.
  And the Carter Family should be rolling over in their graves about the current  rephrasing of their poignant, "Will you miss me when I'm gone?"  Even Mother Maybelle, perhaps never  the most avid proponent of proper syntax, must shudder to hear, "You're gonna miss me by my hair, You're gonna miss  me everywhere."  Combined with "You're gonna miss me by my walk, You're gonna miss me by my talk,"the song makes a mockery of  the  English language.  That little ditty just sticks in your head though, doesn't it? And makes you want to form a reply -----"I'm gonna miss you by your weight, I'm gonna miss you by your pate,"  you fat, balding S.O.B."

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