Sep 27, 2012 · 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, …

Sep 24, 2024 · 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 …

May 28, 2017 · 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 …

Dec 1, 2013 · 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 …

May 6, 2024 · 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 …

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 …

Apr 1, 2016 · 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 …

There are 4 types of abbreviations I know for "versus": v v. vs vs. I generally use the last one in the list, but I want to stick to one and use only that one. Which one is more proper (or more pre...

Jan 13, 2015 · 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 …

Apr 28, 2015 · I have no sources for this, but it should either be capitalized, in which case the footnote is an incomplete sentence, because the subject (the word that Which refers to) is …