Date:  Thu, 14 Dec 1995 08:44:53 -0800

From:  Allen Maberry <maberry[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]U.WASHINGTON.EDU>

Subject: Re: Proverbial Knowledge



I know it as "chances". I've also heard the variant "You pay your nickel,

you take your chances."

Allen

maberry[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]u.washington.edu



On Wed, 13 Dec 1995, Alan S. Kaye wrote:



> Re Dennis' question on "You pays your money..."

>   It goes back to the last century and it was a proverb not having

>   anything to do with gambling, but rather with peepshows.

>

> Incidentally, anyone have the answer on the -s for "pays" and "takes",

> which all my ESL students correct to "pay" and "take" saying that

> the proverb contains 2 grammatical errors.

>

> Alan Kaye, Linguistics, CSU, Fullerton, CA 92634

> akaye[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]fullerton.edu

>