Wordsmith Talk |
About Us | What's New | Search | Site Map | Contact Us | |||
Register Log In Wordsmith.org Forums General Topics Q&A about words Sea change?
Previous Thread
Next Thread
Print Thread
Hiya
Yes, it comes from billyboy's The Tempest:
"Full fathom five thy father lies
Of his bones are coral made
Those are pearls that were his eyes
Nothing of him that doth fade
But doth suffer a sea-change
Into something rich and strange."
The general connotation is a radical alteration of state, although Shakespeare was of course using it in a punning sense.
It does seem to be popping up quite a lot recently, doesn't it? I guess these phrases get bandied about on the media until they become so hackneyed as to be counterproductive.
Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Sea change? BlanchePatch 06/19/01 12:13 PM Re: Sea change? maverick 06/19/01 12:21 PM Re: Sea change? NicholasW 06/19/01 12:28 PM Re: Sea change? maverick 06/19/01 12:41 PM Re: Sea change? wwh 06/19/01 01:23 PM No love lost Faldage 06/19/01 01:49 PM Re: No love lost Hyla 06/19/01 03:19 PM Re: Sea change? Rapunzel 06/19/01 09:20 PM Re: Sea change? wwh 06/19/01 10:17 PM Re: Sea change? tsuwm 06/20/01 01:42 AM Re: Sea change? maverick 06/20/01 01:49 AM Max Quordlepleen 06/20/01 02:03 AM Re: Sea change? tsuwm 06/20/01 02:23 AM Re: Sea change? Rusty 06/20/01 07:50 AM Re: Sea change? wideyed 06/22/01 04:08 PM Re: Sea change? BlanchePatch 06/20/01 12:07 PM Re: Sea change? Fiberbabe 06/20/01 11:01 AM Re: Sea change? Bean 06/19/01 01:30 PM Re: Sea change wow 06/19/01 07:19 PM Re: Sea change Bean 06/20/01 10:46 AM Re: Sea change wow 06/20/01 07:16 PM Re: Sea change? belligerentyouth 06/19/01 12:26 PM Re: Sea change? consuelo 06/20/01 01:34 AM
Moderated by Jackie
Link Copied to Clipboard
Forum Statistics Forums16Topics13,913Posts229,580Members9,187 Most Online3,341
Dec 9th, 2011
Newest Members Karin, JeffMackwood, artguitar, Jim_W, Rdbuffalo
9,187 Registered Users
Who's Online Now 0 members (), 332 guests, and 0 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod
Top Posters(30 Days) A C Bowden 23
Top Posters wwh 13,858Faldage 13,803Jackie 11,613wofahulicodoc 10,713tsuwm 10,542LukeJavan8 9,931Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210AnnaStrophic 6,511Wordwind 6,296of troy 5,400
Forum Rules · Mark All Read Contact Us · Forum Help · Wordsmith.org