Wordsmith Talk | 
    About Us | What's New | Search | Site Map | Contact Us | |||
Register Log In Wordsmith Talk Forums General Topics Weekly Themes caitiff
Previous Thread 
Next Thread 
Print Thread 
 Walker Percy, in The Last Gentleman, cited the expression
"Go to, caitiff!" as campus slang at Princeton University,
current in the 1930's but obsolete by 1966, when the book
was written.
--
I am pedantically obligated to state that
there is no apostrophe in Finnegans Wake, by
Jame's Joyce, author of Dubliner's and Ulysse's.
---Tim Szeliga
Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted ![]()
caitiff
timbabwe 02/08/2011 3:03 PM ![]()
Re: caitiff
LukeJavan8 02/08/2011 4:20 PM ![]()
Re: caitiff
BranShea 02/08/2011 9:32 PM ![]()
Re: caitiff
tsuwm 02/08/2011 9:40 PM ![]()
Re: caitiff
Jackie 02/09/2011 1:42 AM ![]()
Re: caitiff
BranShea 02/09/2011 10:42 AM ![]()
Re: caitiff
LukeJavan8 02/09/2011 3:56 PM 
Moderated by Jackie
Link Copied to Clipboard
Forum Rules · Mark All Read Contact Us · Forum Help · Wordsmith Talk