Wild BillM to Everett True [email protected] • 4 months agoI shan't ask you twice, madame! (February 25, 1906)midwest.socialimagemessage-square19fedilinkarrow-up1100arrow-down12
arrow-up198arrow-down1imageI shan't ask you twice, madame! (February 25, 1906)midwest.socialWild BillM to Everett True [email protected] • 4 months agomessage-square19fedilink
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink25•4 months agoPronounced like leaf. Apparently it basically means “gladly”. Seems to have died out in the early 20th century. lief /lēf/ adverb Readily; willingly. “I would as lief go now as later.” Gladly; willingly; freely; – now used only in the phrases, had as lief, and would as lief. “I had, or would, as lief go as not”
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink8•4 months agoI imagine it’s related to relief. Interesting. That’s a relief = that makes me glad again.
minus-square@Squirrelsdrivemenutslink5•4 months agoIt sounds a lot like the dutch “net zo lief” which translates to “just as lovely” and we still use it today in this context.
minus-squareClay_pidginlinkfedilinkEnglish7•4 months agoI’ve read it in older books with even older characters, but I’ve not once heard it said! Thank you.
How does one pronounce “lief”? LEEF? LIFE?
Pronounced like leaf. Apparently it basically means “gladly”. Seems to have died out in the early 20th century.
I imagine it’s related to relief. Interesting. That’s a relief = that makes me glad again.
It sounds a lot like the dutch “net zo lief” which translates to “just as lovely” and we still use it today in this context.
i learned! Thanks!!
I’ve read it in older books with even older characters, but I’ve not once heard it said! Thank you.