On Jul 17, 2005, at 3:55 PM, Crystal Premo wrote:
I vote that we bring the word "swyve" or "suive" if you prefer, back into common usage.
John Barth attempted to do this 40 years ago, in The Sotweed Factor. The book (set in 18th-c. Maryland) employs the word very frequently, and ends with these appropriate lines:
Labor not for earthly glory,
Fame's a fickle slut, and whory.
>From thy fancy's chast couch drive her.
He's a fool who'll strive to swive her!
The Sotweed Factor was a best-seller in its day, but Barth's revival of "swive" never escaped its covers.
Andrew Stiller
Kallisti Music Press
http://home.netcom.com/~kallisti/
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