Date:  Mon, 11 Mar 1996 13:00:12 -0500

From:  Wayne Glowka <wglowka[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]MAIL.GAC.PEACHNET.EDU>

Subject: Re: drouth etc.



The first time I went to a wedding as child, I thought that the bride and

groom promised to "plight" their "trough" (with an /f/). I took the

locution to mean that they were to share their food from then on. I didn't

figure out what they were really promising until I studied Chaucer.





Wayne Glowka

Professor of English

Director of Research and Graduate Student Services

Georgia College

Milledgeville, GA 31061

912-453-4222

wglowka[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]mail.gac.peachnet.edu