30 Apr
2002
30 Apr
'02
1:24 a.m.
"Douglas H. Quebbeman" wrote:
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"Fair to middlin'" is my usual response to the casual how-are-you.
It gets a lot of raised eyebrows at my current orkplace, but then
we have many transplants there, and I'm local.
-dq
"Fair to middlin" is in use across the pond:- I have used it all my life here
where English started (Anglo-Saxon with Latin and Danish influences, infused
heavily with the Norman tongue). I also recall my step-grandfather in Suffolk
being completely at home with the expression.
Just chipping in my tuppence-ha'penny,
Dave.