- Whats the difference between lonely and lonesome
Take "lonesome" seriously -- it differs culturally, linguistically, "conceptually" from our depressive "lonely," owned as it is by the shrinks It's a feeling-perception, open-ended, resistant to individual, particular (dictionary) definitions
- terminology - Is there any implication of drunkenness in high lonesome . . .
Interesting question, I don’t have an answer but the following extract may be helpful: From: The High Lonesome Sound Defined: Examining The Music Of Bill Monroe, 1945-1948 The exact origination of the term is fuzzy at best and the source of many heated scholarly discussions In contrast to what others have previously said, the music does not sound "high and lonesome" because the singer is
- What does “on’ry” mean in “I Wonder As I Wander”?
There are not many references to the contraction, but a 1973 Waylon Jennings album is entitled Lonesome, On'ry, and Mean I believe that this usage, also, is pointing toward ornery So, are you and I ornery, ordinary, or something else? If we're ornery, has the meaning shifted between Niles's usage in 1933 and Waylon Jennings' usage forty years
- Whats an adjective for alone but not lonely?
For example, I'm an introvert I've been telling people that I'm a lonesome person because I prefer being alone Being alone does not make me feel lonely However, now that I learned that “lonesome” and “lonely” mean the same thing I'm wondering what adjective I'd use in place of “lonesome”
- Would it be correct to say, Im walking by my own?
The usual idiom is I'm walking on my own, which could be a small child pointing out that they were walking unaided for the first time (unlikely since this stage of development usually precedes an ability to construct sentences) But it could equally be said by an adult who normally walks in a group - today, I'm walking on my own However, perhaps the more popular idiom would be I am walking by
- What does I swear - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
Consider the following excerpt from the novel Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry: “Well, it ain’t a holiday,” Call said “Work to do Me and Deets will go see if we can help them boys ” “That Newt
- She [,] as well as I [,] (am is are?) tired of the work
In my view 'as well as' does not change anything, interestingly it transforms the subject 'She' into plural as in: United States Congressional serial set - Volume 11731 - Page 40: He as well as I are very lonesome without her Notice the optional commas, in many instances 'as well as' is surrounded by them
- Unanswered Questions - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
Is there any implication of drunkenness in "high lonesome" as used in the term "high lonesome sound"? Wiktionary has the following entry for "high lonesome sound": high lonesome sound (music) An expressively emotional, powerful and earthy style of musical expression associated mainly with
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