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CowperKettle
CowperKettle
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Q: Meaning of "And do not drop in for an after-loss" in Shakespeare's sonnet 50

CopperKettle Then hate me when thou wilt; if ever, now; Now, while the world is bent my deeds to cross, Join with the spite of fortune, make me bow, And do not drop in for an after-loss: Ah! do not, when my heart hath 'scaped this sorrow, Come in the rearward of a conquered woe; Give not a wind...

meaning william-shakespeare sonnets
 
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CowperKettle
CowperKettle
09:15
> (headline) Astronomers uncover new clues to the star that wouldn't die
Why "wouldn't"?
Because it's in the past?
Probably so
 
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ColleenV
ColleenV
11:11
Daily idiom: "ring a bell". I know we went to school together, but his name doesn't ring a bell.
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ColleenV
ColleenV
14:19
@CowperKettle Do you mean instead of won’t?
CowperKettle
CowperKettle
14:53
@ColleenV yes
ColleenV
ColleenV
I think because it’s in the past is a good enough reason
I tried everything to get that door to open but it just would not budge.
Don’t bother trying to open that door; it won’t open.
user2236
user2236
> Astronomers uncover new clues to the star that just would not die
ColleenV
ColleenV
This is “the door that will never be opened”. Cast your eyes upon it and tremble!
Wouldn’t implies to me that there were circumstances that should have caused the death of the star but didn’t
Won’t die implies some ongoing characteristic that makes it eternal
user2236
user2236
::nods:: ^
Anonymous
@userr2684291 You mean did French?
Anonymous
15:04
I don't see anything wrong with it, although in AmE we usually say took.
Anonymous
@user2236 The star that just would not die? Are we trying to kill it?
user2236
user2236
like the death star :P
which was a planet iirc
ColleenV
ColleenV
@user2236 You’ve hurt Pluto’s feelings...
user2236
user2236
who is the actress in your avatar @ColleenV?
ColleenV
ColleenV
@user2236 that is a piece of art my husband did based off a picture of Jane Mansfield
It’s made from black and white ceramic tile
user2236
user2236
15:11
cool
ColleenV
ColleenV
user image
user2236
user2236
old school Hollywood
ColleenV
ColleenV
I like this picture of it because of the lights reflected in it
user image
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user2236
user2236
niiice
ColleenV
ColleenV
This one might be tough to guess
user2236
user2236
15:15
Brando?
ColleenV
ColleenV
Yep from The Godfather
user2236
user2236
Another classic
Do you mind if I use it as my avatar? @ColleenV
userr2684291
userr2684291
@snailboat ell.stackexchange.com/revisions/175027/1
The didn't there.
ColleenV
ColleenV
@user2236 let me ask my husband if he minds
userr2684291
userr2684291
@snailboat So I take it I can't link you to deleted comments even though you should be able to see them?
user2236
user2236
15:21
ok
Anonymous
@userr2684291 Oh. Yeah, I didn't see that because someone had already edited it by the time I clicked, and I didn't think to look at the revision history.
Anonymous
It's of marginal acceptability at best. I would add do.
userr2684291
userr2684291
Mhm, alright.
Her name's Jayne Mansfield, according to Wikipedia. She looks like a plastic doll here, hehe.
Barbie doll.
ColleenV
ColleenV
@user2236 he says you have to invent a verb in his honor and then he will think about it ;)
@userr2684291 Sorry about the typo... she gets confused with Marilyn often
userr2684291
userr2684291
I myself thought it was M. M.
user2236
user2236
15:29
me too^
@ColleenV thanks for asking :-)
ColleenV
ColleenV
@user2236 he was just teasing, you can use it. I will get you his Instagram link if you feel like giving him credit
user2236
user2236
how would I give him credit?
perhaps a note in my profile?
ColleenV
ColleenV
@user2236 That would work, but you don’t have to. Here’s the link instagram.com/gracidesigns
user2236
user2236
15:44
thanks :-D
ColleenV
ColleenV
There’s not a lot of activity on it right now, we’re moving and his workshop is packed up until we buy a new house
@userr2684291 Oh wow I just realized it was Betty Grable not Jayne M
I feel dumb. He was working on a Jayne picture, but I guess Betty’s picture was better
user2236
user2236
:O
ColleenV
ColleenV
Don’t tell ;)
user2236
user2236
she's from a lot older era than Jayne
academia.stackexchange.com/users/96129/user2236?tab=profile
Is that^ OK? @ColleenV
ColleenV
ColleenV
16:08
@user2236 perfect;)

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