The New York TImes - "On Language, Funkmanship"
By WILLIAM SAFIRE
By WILLIAM SAFIRE
Published: October 22, 1995
(http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9806E2D81139F931A15753C1A963958260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=1)
Extract:
"A funk, noun, has a couple of other senses not connected to the smell of tobacco. One is "fear, panic": Grose noted in 1785, "I was in a cursed funk." In his 1856 novel, "Tom Brown's School Days," Thomas Hughes gave the word its color: "If I was going to be flogged next minute, I should be in a blue funk." Another, related meaning is "black mood, depression." ... Other meanings abound -- the Historical Dictionary of American Slang notes "to flinch," "to back down" and "to fizzle" -- but "to be in a funk" usually means to be very gloomy, kicking the cat and muttering oaths."
Abandoned.
Puppies, kittens....
In one of my regular walk routes with Bernie, I came across 3 white and black spotted female puppies. They were huddled together behind a lamp post among some bushes. Two of them were brave enough to bark when we passed by; otherwise they looked as lost as they were.
The ex-owner of these puppies should be shot, quartered and dumped for what they did:
The puppies get pregnant; if they are 'lucky' their puppies get born; if not, someone calls the dog shooter and they are cruelly destroyed.
What a funk indeed.
Once many years ago, an animal lover tried to lobby for animal laws/rights in this country. There has been no news since then. And with the rising costs of living....you get my drift.
Once I rescued an abandoned puppy and took it to the vet who eventually found a home for him. I was happy with what I did. I would love to do it again with these 3 puppies.
But what did I do instead? I avoided this familiar route.......I couldn't bear to see those puppies because I can't do anything for them this time...
But I am in a funk...
(http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9806E2D81139F931A15753C1A963958260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=1)
Extract:
"A funk, noun, has a couple of other senses not connected to the smell of tobacco. One is "fear, panic": Grose noted in 1785, "I was in a cursed funk." In his 1856 novel, "Tom Brown's School Days," Thomas Hughes gave the word its color: "If I was going to be flogged next minute, I should be in a blue funk." Another, related meaning is "black mood, depression." ... Other meanings abound -- the Historical Dictionary of American Slang notes "to flinch," "to back down" and "to fizzle" -- but "to be in a funk" usually means to be very gloomy, kicking the cat and muttering oaths."
Abandoned.
Puppies, kittens....
In one of my regular walk routes with Bernie, I came across 3 white and black spotted female puppies. They were huddled together behind a lamp post among some bushes. Two of them were brave enough to bark when we passed by; otherwise they looked as lost as they were.
The ex-owner of these puppies should be shot, quartered and dumped for what they did:
- for not spaying the mother of the puppies in the first place
- for not finding a home for the puppies
- for dumping the puppies
- for not being responsible pet owners
The puppies get pregnant; if they are 'lucky' their puppies get born; if not, someone calls the dog shooter and they are cruelly destroyed.
What a funk indeed.
Once many years ago, an animal lover tried to lobby for animal laws/rights in this country. There has been no news since then. And with the rising costs of living....you get my drift.
Once I rescued an abandoned puppy and took it to the vet who eventually found a home for him. I was happy with what I did. I would love to do it again with these 3 puppies.
But what did I do instead? I avoided this familiar route.......I couldn't bear to see those puppies because I can't do anything for them this time...
But I am in a funk...
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