Re: [OT] Poe on Diddling
From Jeremy C B Nicoll <Jer...@omba.demon.co.uk>
· alt.ascii-art
· 10 Jun 2003 08:34 · View full thread
· report
In article <eli$030...@qz.little-neck.ny.us>, Eli the Bearded <*@eli.users.panix.com> wrote: > Edgar Allen Poe's writtings on "Diddling" seem to indicate a much > different meaning of the word from present use. > "Diddling" by Edgar Allen Poe > http://www.literatureclassics.com/etexts/104/177/ Dictionary gives: cajole, swindle, waste time, dawdle...., or (in Scotland, where I am), mouth music I always assumed that the diddle as used here was slang, probably derived from the term "doodle" ie casual scribbling of pictures -- Jeremy C B Nicoll - my opinions are my own.
Original message headers
X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f996b,e8470c5f258a7b1a X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-06-10 07:49:45 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed.icl.net!newsfeed.fjserv.net!kibo.news.demon.net!news.demon.co.uk!demon!omba.demon.co.uk!Jeremy From: Jeremy C B Nicoll <Jer...@omba.demon.co.uk> Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art Subject: Re: [OT] Poe on Diddling Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2003 09:34:32 +0100 Organization: None - home Lines: 17 Message-ID: <4c0...@omba.demon.co.uk> References: <eli$030...@qz.little-neck.ny.us> NNTP-Posting-Host: omba.demon.co.uk X-Trace: news.demon.co.uk 1055256584 24723 158.152.58.5 (10 Jun 2003 14:49:44 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abu...@demon.net NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2003 14:49:44 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: Pluto/3.03h (RISC-OS/3.70) Xref: archiver1.google.com alt.ascii-art:23581
Related ASCII art in the Gallery
Explore these categories from our collection of 11,000+ artworks:
_________
/___ ___\
//@@@\ /@@@\\
\\@@@/ \@@@//
\___ " ___/
| - |
\_/ jrjc ______
/|_||_\`.__
( _ _ _\
=`-(_)--(_)-'
hjw .="=. _/.-.-.\_ ( ( o o ) ) |/ " \| \'---'/jgs /`"""`\\
_________ | _____ |\ | |\ ___| | \ | | | | | | | | |___| | | \ | |____\| | \|_________| Andy Johnson
__ _ o'')}____// `_/ ) (_(_/-(_/
[>====]
Make your own ASCII art
Turn images, text or 3D into ASCII, or draw your own – right in your browser.
About this message.
This message was posted publicly to the newsgroup
alt.ascii-art
in 2003 and is mirrored here unchanged as part of the Historic Archives – only email addresses are masked.
The artwork and text belong to their original authors: if you copy a piece, keep the artist's initials or signature intact and credit them where you can.
Are you the author? Contact us to get your posts attributed, connected to your artist profile, or removed.
Report this message
Help us keep the archive clean and accurate. Reports are reviewed by a person – nothing is changed automatically.