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

Mike Jing gravitys.rainbow.cn at gmail.com
Mon Dec 5 03:55:19 CST 2016


Thanks, Laura and Mark.

On Sun, Dec 4, 2016 at 5:17 AM, Mark Kohut <mark.kohut at gmail.com> wrote:
> Also, has roots:
>
> seed - Wiktionary
>
> https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/seed
>
> 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 ...
>
> On Sun, Dec 4, 2016 at 2:51 AM, kelber at mindspring.com
> <kelber at mindspring.com> wrote:
>>
>> 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
>>
>>
>> Mike Jing <gravitys.rainbow.cn at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> 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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