Date: Sat, 9 Sep 1995 09:31:24 -0700

From: Dan Alford dalford[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]S1.CSUHAYWARD.EDU

Subject: Re: contempt vs. content



I've lived my entire life in California except for 5 yrs in Montana, and

in neither place have I heard the "content" phrase, though I can see its

'logic'. Somehow it reminds me of sitting in church as a child and

hearing about other children who drew pictures of "Gladly, the cross-eyed

bear" on hearing "...gladly the cross I'd bear".



On Fri, 8 Sep 1995, Tom Uharriet wrote:



Hello,



I just received a message from someone in Virginia who is familiar

with the expression,



"Familiarity breeds contempt,"



but has never heard,



"Familiarity breeds content."



I, who have lived primarily in the western states (CA, WA, and UT),

had only heard the "content" version. Are both versions in common

usage now or has one of us merely misheard something?







Tom Uharriet

Springville, Utah

utom[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]admin.712.nebo.edu