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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Who's hungry? #41050 09/06/2001 3:30 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 544 San Francisco, CA Hyla addict Hyla addict Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 544 San Francisco, CA Not a food thread, I promise. Reading through the New York Review of Books on the bus, I came across the sentence "I hunger like a Virginian for the next installment." Has anyone ever heard this phrase before? The quote is from an excerpt of a review, so there may be some context, but it was a review of a fairly esoteric-sounding sci-fi novella, so I doubt the reviewer was referring to something in the book. Are Virginians known for being especially hungry (do we have any on the board?) or is there some historical context to this I'm not getting? Now I'm hungry - time for elevenses, even if it's only 9:30 here in California. Copy Link to Clipboard Re: Who's hungry? #41051 09/06/2001 4:10 PM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass I've never heard this expression, and a google turns up only your referenced review fragment, which leads in turn to the complete review and the novella in pdf format, for those that's interested. Copy Link to Clipboard Re: Who's hungry? #41052 09/06/2001 4:14 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 Dear Hyla: I lived several years in Virginia, and never heard or saw anything that would make sense of your quotation. If anything FFV manners would forbid any overt display of any kind. (FFV stands for First Families of Virginia) Copy Link to Clipboard Re: Who's hungry? #41053 09/06/2001 4:28 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 FFV stands for First Families of Virginia I thought it stood for Fast Flying Vestibule Copy Link to Clipboard Re: FFV #41054 09/06/2001 4:48 PM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass Final Fantasy V? Fédération Française de Voile?? Faldage's Fustian Vagaries?! Copy Link to Clipboard Re: FFV #41055 09/06/2001 5:56 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage's Fustian Vagaries® I like it. Thank you. Your check is in the mail. Copy Link to Clipboard a hard check into the boards #41056 09/06/2001 6:06 PM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass >Your check is in the mail. yes, and as usual it brought me up short. Copy Link to Clipboard Re: a hard check into the boards #41057 09/06/2001 7:45 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 At least neither of you told the third most common lie. Correction. I checked the site again, and it is the second most common. Copy Link to Clipboard Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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