[HPFGU-OTChatter] Tempest in a teapot/cup/kettle Was: Nice and Interesting

[Stephen Vandecasteele]

--- On Fri, 1/9/09, Carol <justcarol67 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> From: Carol <justcarol67 at yahoo.com>
> Subject: [HPFGU-OTChatter] Tempest in a teapot/cup/kettle Was: Nice and Interesting
> To: HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com
> Date: Friday, January 9, 2009, 12:03 PM
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>             New Steve wrote:
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> > The saying is "a tempest in a tea pot". As
> for the use of "ain't"
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> you would be better off substituting
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> As Geoff has already indicated, he was just joking with his
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> "ain't." No one on this list would seriously
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> might say "Ain't life grand?" or some such
> thing just being silly or
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> But I'm a bit confused. Aren't you the one who said
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> expression is "tempest in a tea kettle"?
> That's how this interesting
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> little discussion got started. And, as I noted in a
> previous post, the
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> saying has a number of variants, none of which is
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> Carol, who doesn't own a teapot and uses her tea kettle
> to heat water
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> for hot chocolate

Steve is still waiting for your questions on GOF and OOTP?

Steve
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