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

[David Morris]

Good question.

On Monday, December 5, 2016, Alexei du Périer <alexei.duperier at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Are you translating GR for your own pleasure or for a publisher?
>
> 2016-12-05 10:55 GMT+01:00 Mike Jing <gravitys.rainbow.cn at gmail.com
> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','gravitys.rainbow.cn at gmail.com');>>:
>
>> Thanks, Laura and Mark.
>>
>> On Sun, Dec 4, 2016 at 5:17 AM, Mark Kohut <mark.kohut at gmail.com
>> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','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
>> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','kelber at mindspring.com');>
>> > <kelber at mindspring.com
>> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','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
>> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','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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