Just referred to “long chalk” from a piece by William Rivers Pitt. Finally by the end of your article, I was hit by the line I remember from a favorite John Wayne film, BIG JAKE, where the main character, Jacob McCandles who has a huge amount of land, built a small personal empire of a ranch for his family and is a powerful and good man if a good bit on the bullish, irascible and suffer-fools-badly side, has been some considerable years away from his family and life to the point of nobody much knowing where he is… and repeatedly in the film, as situations require his return, he’s confronted by disparate people with “You? I thought you were dead!” and his response is an annoyed “Not hardly!”
Heather:
July 23rd, 2011 at 4:06 pm
Thank you. That was very helpful.
Sue:
February 18th, 2015 at 5:40 am
Bloody awesome!
John Holt:
April 7th, 2015 at 5:21 am
Just read the expression in Jacqueline Winspear’s latest novel “A Dangerous Place” in a sentence about “physical and emotional recovery” being an editor’s error!
Laura p:
January 17th, 2016 at 1:59 pm
I definitely agree with the error theory. Its happened so often. “Step” foot instead of “set”, “butt” naked instead of “buck” and many more.
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John V:
January 25th, 2011 at 1:06 pm
Just referred to “long chalk” from a piece by William Rivers Pitt. Finally by the end of your article, I was hit by the line I remember from a favorite John Wayne film, BIG JAKE, where the main character, Jacob McCandles who has a huge amount of land, built a small personal empire of a ranch for his family and is a powerful and good man if a good bit on the bullish, irascible and suffer-fools-badly side, has been some considerable years away from his family and life to the point of nobody much knowing where he is… and repeatedly in the film, as situations require his return, he’s confronted by disparate people with “You? I thought you were dead!” and his response is an annoyed “Not hardly!”
Heather:
July 23rd, 2011 at 4:06 pm
Thank you. That was very helpful.
Sue:
February 18th, 2015 at 5:40 am
Bloody awesome!
John Holt:
April 7th, 2015 at 5:21 am
Just read the expression in Jacqueline Winspear’s latest novel “A Dangerous Place” in a sentence about “physical and emotional recovery” being an editor’s error!
Laura p:
January 17th, 2016 at 1:59 pm
I definitely agree with the error theory. Its happened so often. “Step” foot instead of “set”, “butt” naked instead of “buck” and many more.