every tues nite I'm in town I dine with a group of fascinating men. one of them is Richard Balthazar. you mite know his novels. well he has a new book that's quite different -- Getting Get: The Glossary of a Wild Verb.
the book investigates the multiple meanings of this common verb. references range from Shakespeare to Arlo Guthrie. I read it in bits gleaning what I think I can use. early on there was a noun I didn't know -- "getling" which means "brat."
you don't have to be a linguist to learn from this study. & you'll have fun along the way.
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