tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-61610551012154304332011-11-27T23:04:08.350-06:00BlogJohn C. Wheelerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10367429812364528834noreply@blogger.comBlogger51100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6161055101215430433.post-14847136609160928112011-07-21T12:38:00.002-05:002011-07-21T12:41:25.709-05:00<a href="http://vimeo.com/26020929">http://vimeo.com/26020929</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6161055101215430433-1484713660916092811?l=johncwheeler.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>John C. Wheelerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10367429812364528834noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6161055101215430433.post-21580769679549087342008-12-27T04:57:00.004-06:002008-12-27T05:11:59.692-06:00The meaning of <span style="font-style: italic;">wedge</span> in the expression "dead as a wedge" has a very plausible, for me, solution. A fascinating explanation in strong dialect found at | http://books.google.com/books?id=qSmhbNuXMnAC&amp;pg=PA255&amp;dq=%22dead+as+a+wedge%22&amp;ei=pQlWSZ-7CJbyMtix2asP | floats my boat. Thank you Genevieve W. Chandler for <span style="font-style: italic;">Coming Through: Voices of a South Carolina Gullah Community from WPA Oral Histories</span>, ISBN 978-1-57003-721-4, (2008). -jcw- scripsit<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6161055101215430433-2158076967954908734?l=johncwheeler.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>John C. Wheelerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10367429812364528834noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6161055101215430433.post-77962251085983405772008-12-03T20:05:00.003-06:002008-12-03T20:33:00.847-06:00Try as I might I've been unable to determine what a "wedge" is in the term "dead as a wedge." I've exhausted, to the best of my knowledge and ability, the etymology of wedge and find no references that make sense in this particular term. Viz. <http: com="" textsearch="dead+as+a+wedge&amp;titleid=tomsawyer&amp;startsearch=search"> http://www.literaturepage.com/search.php?textsearch=dead+as+a+wedge&amp;titleid=tomsawyer&amp;startsearch=Search for probably the most well known citation of the term. Google "dead as a wedge" for a myriad of citations, both contemporary and from the 19th Century to date. Citations I have, an answer I have not. I welcome comments and suggestions. -jcw- scripsit</http:><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6161055101215430433-7796225108598340577?l=johncwheeler.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>John C. Wheelerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10367429812364528834noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6161055101215430433.post-88504346346454311942008-12-02T20:25:00.001-06:002008-12-02T20:27:04.678-06:00Small change to header made 02Dec2008. -jcw- scripsit<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6161055101215430433-8850434634645431194?l=johncwheeler.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>John C. Wheelerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10367429812364528834noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6161055101215430433.post-47058970054511383582008-06-18T21:29:00.000-05:002008-06-18T21:30:00.352-05:00Test post to blog.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6161055101215430433-4705897005451138358?l=johncwheeler.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>John C. Wheelerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10367429812364528834noreply@blogger.com0