Not P but Who is Walton?

[Mike Jing]

Very interesting. Thanks, Mark.



On Sat, Nov 19, 2022 at 6:13 AM Mark Kohut <mark.kohut at gmail.com> wrote:

> The show's end sequence featured the family saying goodnight to one
> another before drifting off to sleep, and according to the BBC
> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBC> (which also aired the series)
> "Goodnight, John-Boy" was one of the most common catchphrases
> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catchphrase> of the 1970s.[3]
> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Waltons#cite_note-3>
>
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Waltons
>
> Some of us, well probably only me, used to refer to Updike as John-Boy
> Updike....all that artistic nostalgia for Shllington (Reading)
>
> On Sat, Nov 19, 2022 at 12:59 AM Mike Jing <gravitys.rainbow.cn at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> From "Authority and American Usage":
>>
>> For one thing, whereas the traditional usage pundit cultivates a remote
>> and
>> imperial persona — the kind who uses one or we to refer to himself —
>> Garner
>> gives us an almost Waltonishly endearing sketch of his own background:
>>
>> Who is the Walton being referred to here?
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>