Re: GR translation: It’s the most disgustin’ thing I ever seed!

[David Morris]

That's what I keep saying.

On Sun, Dec 4, 2016 at 10:08 AM Keith Davis <kbob42 at gmail.com> wrote:

> I think that's making it more complicated that necessary.
>
> I see, said the blind man, as he picked up his saw and sawed!
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> On Dec 4, 2016, at 10:46 AM, Jochen Stremmel <jstremmel at gmail.com> wrote:
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> I don't know, Laura and Mike, but if "seed" could be the dialectal form of
> "seeded" (or it could be the infinitive, of course, because he keeps on
> seeding) it would make better sense with the following lines: turning you –
> feelin' fine – into swine by seeding – sowing – doper's greed.
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> 2016-12-04 11:17 GMT+01:00 Mark Kohut <mark.kohut at gmail.com>:
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> Also, has roots:
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> seed - Wiktionary <https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/seed>
> https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/*seed*
> <https://www.google.com/#>
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>    1.
>    <https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:dUcaVOrCzHgJ:https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/seed+&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us>
>    2.
>    <https://www.google.com/search?newwindow=1&safe=active&biw=1324&bih=876&q=related:https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/seed+'seed+as+past+tense+of+see%22&tbo=1&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwibnfCkp9rQAhXOxyYKHSvqD5sQHwgfMAA>
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> From Middle English seed, sede, side, from Old English sēd, sǣd (“seed,
> that which is sown”), from ..... (dialectal) simple past tense and past
> participle of see ...
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> On Sun, Dec 4, 2016 at 2:51 AM, kelber at mindspring.com <
> kelber at mindspring.com> wrote:
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> I can't see any other meaning than the one you suggest. The ungrammatical
> conjugation of the verb gives the verse a dumbed down feel.
>
> LK
>
> *Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE DROID*
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>
> Mike Jing <gravitys.rainbow.cn at gmail.com> wrote:
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> V534.3-8, P543.6-11
>        Doper’s greed,
>        Oh, doper’s greed!
>        It’s the most disgustin’ thing I ever seed!
>        When you’re out there feelin’ fine,
>        It’ll turn you into swine,
>        If you ever get a taste of DOPER’S GREED!
>
> Is the word "seed" here used as the past tense of "see" because of the
> rhyme, or is it something else?
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