Given that your grandfather was heavily armed and had a trunk full of
A-grade hooch I'd hestitate to argue with him directly.
But still, he wuz wrong.
I guess what this all adds up to is that you are always free to
mangle the damn language any way you choose to - but if you intend to
leave the valley of your birth at any time, don't expect to be
understood.
Or, as they say in pubs up north (mine, not yours) - "Choose thi'
winder.' (Kindly indicate the window from which you would prefer to
be defenestrated).
Andrew Fildes
afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
On 05/04/2007, at 4:25 PM, Walt Wayman wrote:
> My grandfather's expression was "directly," which meant pretty much
> the same thing as my "momentarily." It's a real word, like it or
> lump it, although you seem, at least momentarily, to be in the
> majority of the literate on its use.
>
> http://www.thefreedictionary.com/momentarily
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