From: owner-joni-digest@smoe.org (JMDL Digest) To: joni-digest@smoe.org Subject: JMDL Digest V2014 #1589 Reply-To: joni@smoe.org Sender: owner-joni-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-joni-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk Unsubscribe:mailto:joni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe Website:http://jonimitchell.com JMDL Digest Monday, December 15 2014 Volume 2014 : Number 1589 ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: -------- Re: said or sad, a reversal [Marion Leffler ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2014 15:10:53 +0100 From: Marion Leffler Subject: Re: said or sad, a reversal It never occured to me that she sang anything but said. So much sad in listening sounds incorrect to my foreign ears. Should it not be "sadness" then? But of course "sadness" does not fit into the rythm of the line. Marion, still a student of the English language (after all, "life is for learning") 2014-12-15 14:44 GMT+01:00 Richard Flynn : > > I listened again through headphones, and I heard "said." Though I can > certainly hear "sad," too, good friends. > > Richard Flynn > Professor of Literature > Georgia Southern University > https://sites.google.com/a/georgiasouthern.edu/rflynn > http://georgiasouthern.academia.edu/RichardFlynn > > > On Dec 15, 2014, at 7:19 AM, Susan E. McNamara wrote: > > > > Don't duck, Jim! Good friends are allowed to disagree! <3 > > > > Sent from my iPhone > > > >> On Dec 14, 2014, at 4:37 PM, "Jim L'Hommedieu" < > jlhommedieu@insight.rr.com> wrote: > >> > >> When I wrote in the "sad vs. said" thread, I was reacting to the word > choice and didn't consult Joni's studio recording on "Clouds". > >> > >> Offlist, a friend admonished me to (basically) listen instead of > think. Now I agree with you, Sue. It's clear on the studio version that > she (and her overdubbed back vocal) sing "sad". > >> > >> If this isn't blasphemy, I think that 'said' was the better word though. > >> > >> Ducking, > >> Jim in Columbus ------------------------------ End of JMDL Digest V2014 #1589 ****************************** ------- To post messages to the list,sendtojoni@smoe.org. Unsubscribe by clicking here: mailto:joni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe -------