Comments on: Eating Humble Pie http://www.dailywritingtips.com/eating-humble-pie/ Sat, 21 Nov 2009 02:00:10 -0600 hourly 1 By: Maeve http://www.dailywritingtips.com/eating-humble-pie/comment-page-1/#comment-110965 Maeve Fri, 17 Apr 2009 12:37:29 +0000 http://www.dailywritingtips.com/?p=2042#comment-110965 Chris, That's a very interesting possibility. It would, as you say, increase the irony. Thanks PS I knew what kind of clowns you meant. Chris,
That’s a very interesting possibility. It would, as you say, increase the irony.

Thanks

PS I knew what kind of clowns you meant.

]]> By: Chris O'Brien http://www.dailywritingtips.com/eating-humble-pie/comment-page-1/#comment-110779 Chris O'Brien Fri, 17 Apr 2009 02:50:05 +0000 http://www.dailywritingtips.com/?p=2042#comment-110779 By the way, I mean "clowns" as Shakespeare uses the word--meaning country bumpkins, not professional showpeople... By the way, I mean “clowns” as Shakespeare uses the word–meaning country bumpkins, not professional showpeople…

]]> By: Chris O'Brien http://www.dailywritingtips.com/eating-humble-pie/comment-page-1/#comment-110774 Chris O'Brien Fri, 17 Apr 2009 02:37:41 +0000 http://www.dailywritingtips.com/?p=2042#comment-110774 On your last paragraph on "umble pie"-- it occurs to me, related to your comment about how upper class people woud not willingly eat umble pie. . .is it possible that, further, the same upper class people might take pride in the propriety of their pronunciation and therefore would be loath to drop the H in "humble pie," furthering the irony of the pun. Top drawer people, speaking out "umble pie," mindful of the similarity with the word "humble" and its proper sound, might, in their minds, be speaking as if they were lower-class clowns! Do you agree? Thank you for this wondrous daily missive. I always look forward to it! Chris O'Brien Dou Liou Taiwan, ROC On your last paragraph on “umble pie”–
it occurs to me, related to your comment about how upper class people woud not willingly eat umble pie. . .is it possible that, further, the same upper class people might take pride in the propriety of their pronunciation and therefore would be loath to drop the H in “humble pie,” furthering the irony of the pun. Top drawer people, speaking out “umble pie,” mindful of the similarity with the word “humble” and its proper sound, might, in their minds, be speaking as if they were lower-class clowns!
Do you agree?
Thank you for this wondrous daily missive. I always look forward to it!
Chris O’Brien
Dou Liou
Taiwan, ROC

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