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Re: A man and his bike
Posted: Sat Nov 24, 2007 2:08 pm
by eroticartist
Warren,
How do you cope with reaching when you can't spell?
Mike Freeman.
Re: A man and his bike
Posted: Sat Nov 24, 2007 2:12 pm
by eroticartist
Warren,
Or were they just typing errors such as we all make sometimes!
Mike Freeman
Re: A man and his bike
Posted: Sat Nov 24, 2007 2:14 pm
by Sam Slater
You forgot your question mark.
Re: A man and his bike
Posted: Sat Nov 24, 2007 2:14 pm
by Sam Slater
[quote]First loke and aftirward lepe.
[c 1350 Douce MS 52 no. 150]
We say‥Loke yer thou lepe, whose literall sence is, doo nothinge sodenly or without avisement.
[1528 W. Tyndale Obedience of Christian Man 130]
He that looketh not before he leapeth, may chaunce to stumble before he sleapeth.
[1567 W. Painter Palace of Pleasure II. xxiv.]
Looke before you leape.
[1621 Burton Anatomy of Melancholy ii. iii.]
Look before you leap is an old proverb. ‥Jack‥had pitched into a small apiary, and had upset two hives of bees.
[1836 Marryat Midshipman Easy I. vi.]
Do you remember the rousing slogan which the Prime Minister gave the voters‥on the eve of the last General Election?‥Look Before You Leap.
[1941 C. Mackenzie Red Tapeworm i.]
Changing horses, love? I should look before you leap.
[1979 D. May Revenger's Comedy ix.][/quote]
Re: A man and his bike
Posted: Sat Nov 24, 2007 3:45 pm
by eroticartist
no