[Sigia-l] We interrupt our normal programming
Paola Kathuria <[email protected]>
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Larry Lempert wrote: > [I] will be pleased as punch to get back to you I've heard "pleased as punch" before but never knew where it came from. I just looked it up in the OED. Punch is the short form of Punchinello, the name of a Neapolitan hook-nosed, humpbacked character in the commedia dell'arte (yes, the prototype for the later Punch and Judy). "Punchinello" was first used in English in 1662. The first quotation for "as pleased as Punch" is 1797. by W. Gifford in Baviad & Maeiad "Oh! how my fingers itch to pull thy nose! As pleased as Punch, I'd hold it in my gripe." Oxford English Dictionary Third edition, July 2010; online version November 2010 As you were, Paola -- http://www.paolability.com/ ------------ 2011 IA Summit March 30 - April 3, 2011 Pre Conference Seminars: March 30-31 IA Summit: April 1-3 Hyatt Regency Convention Center Denver, CO ----- When replying, please *trim your post* as much as possible. *Plain text, please; NO Attachments Searchable Archive at http://www.info-arch.org/lists/sigia-l/ ________________________________________ Sigia-l mailing list -- post to: [email protected] Changes to subscription: http://mail.asis.org/mailman/listinfo/sigia-l