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

>