Return-Path: <nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id h6VNe3729498; Thu, 31 Jul 2003 19:40:03 -0400 (EDT) Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2003 19:40:03 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <Law9-F192Yl8LS8uGGA0001f954@hotmail.com> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: "Susan Ryan" <susanefl@hotmail.com> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-ESL:9248] Re: idioms, book suggestion and one more X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed Status: O Content-Length: 1954 Lines: 50 It is a matter of interpretation either way. Being a free spirit myself I interpret it positivley because why would I want to gather "moss"? Moss has a bad connotation to me as something desirable to gather! Isn't it the same as "mold"? How many of our idioms, I wonder, are so open to interpretation as this one? Susan >From: "Sylvan Rainwater" <sylvan@cccchs.org> >Reply-To: nifl-esl@nifl.gov >To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov> >Subject: [NIFL-ESL:9247] Re: idioms, book suggestion and one more >Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2003 16:57:28 -0400 (EDT) > >Interesting. I think I always saw it is somewhat negative, the second >connotation you mention, someone who hops from one thing to another, with >no >depth and making no connections. It's true that there's also this kind of >"free spirit" connotation that some admire, I suppose. It's never had any >appeal to me. So I gather that it is a fairly neutral concept that people >react to based on personal inclinations. So there is no one true answer to >this question. > >Sylvan Rainwater . mailto:sylvan@cccchs.org >Family Literacy Coordinator >Clackamas County Children's Commission/Head Start >Oregon City, Oregon > > >-----Original Message----- >From: nifl-esl@nifl.gov [mailto:nifl-esl@nifl.gov] On Behalf Of pruett said >Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2003 6:27 PM >To: Multiple recipients of list >Subject: [NIFL-ESL:9246] Re: idioms, book suggestion and one more > >Yes, "a rolling stone gathers no moss" usually has a positive connotation >in >the US, although it can also be interpreted as meaning someone who moves >around so much that he/she never develops permanent, binding relationships >which has somewhat of a negative connotation, so I guess it depends on >context. > >Terry Pruett-Said > > _________________________________________________________________ MSN 8 with e-mail virus protection service: 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/virus
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