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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 2 of 2 1 2 Re: That's nice, dear. #71405 05/28/02 02:05 AM 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 Shakespeare actually used nice in several different senses: These are complements, these are humours, these betraie nice wenches that would be betraied without these. Love's Labor's Lost [wanton] And he that stands vpon a slipp'ry place, Makes nice of no vilde hold to stay him vp. John III [to display reserve] That policie may either last so long, Or feede vpon such nice and waterish diet. Othello [thin] The Letter was not nice, but full of charge, Of deare import, and the neglecting it May do much danger. Romeo & Juliet [trivial] To set so rich a mayne On the nice hazard of one doubtfull houre, It were not good. Henry IV [critical] Ile proue it on his body if he dare, Despight his nice fence, and his actiue practise. Much Ado.. [carefully accurate] We will enjoy That *nice-preserued honesty of yours. Titus.. stupid/foolish > wanton/lascivious > extravagant > elegant > strange > slothful > unmanly > luxurious > modest > slight > precise > thin > shy > discriminating > dainty > pleasant and agreeable "You scold me so much in a nice long letter.. which I have received from you." - Jane Austen (what do you suppose she meant?) Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: That's nice, dear. #71406 05/28/02 02:24 AM Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 4,189 Rio Grande, Cape May County, N... WhitmanO'Neill Carpal Tunnel WhitmanO'Neill Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 4,189 Rio Grande, Cape May County, N... a nice long letter; nice long Nice long seems to be have acquired a double connotation. The phrase or idiom can be said with a glint of cynicism as in, "Yeah, that'll be there for a nice long time." Or, more literally, in a more congenial sense, "Think I'll take a nice long vacation." However, its use in the Austen quote does seem to hang in ambiguity (perhaps intentionally?). Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Making Nice #71407 05/28/02 02:46 AM Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 2,788 Seattle, Washington, USA Father Steve Carpal Tunnel Father Steve Carpal Tunnel Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 2,788 Seattle, Washington, USA I have also heard the phrase "make nice" used to mean to mollify, to assuage, to grovel, to appease or the like. Anyone wise to the derivation? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Making Nice #71408 05/28/02 04:35 AM 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 "make nice" derivation> Shakespeare, op. cit. () Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: That's nice, dear. #71409 05/28/02 03:40 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 re: it decimates the arguments -- does that mean is it 10% acurate? It means that 10% of the argument is taken out and shot and the other 90% is sent off to complain about other linguistic matters. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: That's nice, dear. #71410 05/28/02 09:15 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 544 San Francisco, CA H Hyla addict Hyla addict H Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 544 San Francisco, CA Ah, the shades of meaning of this word. Reminds me of something I heard in some sitcom years ago, in one of my rare moments of pointing my eyes toward the big glowing box. Two women are talking, and the first one says "So, how did your date with Chris go? How is he?" 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