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 Nov 21 2009, 11:39 AM
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I can't find the spelling on this word. This is from the Jalna series I am listening to. It has been brought up several times. In this last one, Renny wanted to "squeeze the weezen out of Bell." Any ideas?
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Nov 21 2009, 01:41 PM
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QUOTE (walte @ Nov 21 2009, 11:39 AM)  I can't find the spelling on this word. This is from the Jalna series I am listening to. It has been brought up several times. In this last one, Renny wanted to "squeeze the weezen out of Bell." Any ideas? Grins, Diane So you're asking for the official spelling of a made-up word? Oh, here's what you're looking for: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2226...;gid=2226053057 -------------------- "Gladly wolde he lerne, and gladly teche." G.C.
"Do I contradict myself? Very well then I contradict myself, (I am large, I contain multitudes.)" W.W. |
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Nov 21 2009, 01:47 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 165 Joined: 20-May 05 From: Mtn. Grove, MO Member No.: 71 |
I hadn't thought it to be made up. I thought it was a Canadian idiom from the 30's or 40's. I thought maybe someone had heard it before.
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Nov 22 2009, 09:13 AM
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QUOTE (walte @ Nov 21 2009, 11:39 AM) I can't find the spelling on this word. This is from the Jalna series I am listening to. It has been brought up several times. In this last one, Renny wanted to "squeeze the weezen out of Bell." Any ideas? Grins, Diane Probably wheezin', from to wheeze. -------------------- Now there's no way you can prove that the universe makes sense, but there's just no fun in living in the universe if it doesn't make sense. ---Asimov
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Nov 22 2009, 10:22 AM
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I really like that suggestion.
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Nov 22 2009, 12:01 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 165 Joined: 20-May 05 From: Mtn. Grove, MO Member No.: 71 |
Yah! That makes sense! Thanks!
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Nov 26 2009, 01:51 PM
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Well, I wasn't quite happy with those explanations, as it is hard to imagine squeezing wheezing out of someone, so my online search led me to:
Boston medical and surgical journal, Volume 87 By Massachusetts Medical Society, New England Surgical Society, digitized by Google. I'm not sufficiently adroit to copy the article here, but it states that "...The sallow, wheezen look of the natives of the northern states of America, is thought to be due to the indigestible preparation of Indian corn." Perhaps this is the wheezen being referred to in Walte's book? 30 further minutes of my searching in online medical dictionaries came up with no definitions for "wheezen", so perhaps it is an archaic medical term. ujay
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Nov 26 2009, 02:08 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 165 Joined: 20-May 05 From: Mtn. Grove, MO Member No.: 71 |
QUOTE (ujay @ Nov 26 2009, 02:51 PM) Well, I wasn't quite happy with those explanations, as it is hard to imagine squeezing wheezing out of someone, so my online search led me to: Boston medical and surgical journal, Volume 87 By Massachusetts Medical Society, New England Surgical Society, digitized by Google. I'm not sufficiently adroit to copy the article here, but it states that "...The sallow, wheezen look of the natives of the northern states of America, is thought to be due to the indigestible preparation of Indian corn." Perhaps this is the wheezen being referred to in Walte's book? 30 further minutes of my searching in online medical dictionaries came up with no definitions for "wheezen", so perhaps it is an archaic medical term. ujay Thanks for checking ujay! Diane |
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