...that 'Great Horn Spoon' was an actual saying.
AND EVEN BETTER, AN ACTUAL OBSCENE SAYING:
Something you can swear by, used in a way similar to "by God!" It seems to have come from seafaring slang, and might refer to the Big Dipper. But you don't need to know the origin to find it useful. Today the strange randomness of the words makes it feel mystically satisfying to shout.
If you haven't read that book, btdubs, YOU ARE TOTALLY MISSING OUT. BECAUSE IT IS AWESOME.
Don't know what's obscene about it. Mildly profane myabe, but not really.
Posted by: Nancy Leek | 26 March 2013 at 03:51 PM
Nope, you're completely right: I was using 'obscene' as related to 'obscenity', which I think of as a synonym for 'swear word'. But 'profane' would have been more accurate, probably. :)
Posted by: Leila | 26 March 2013 at 04:12 PM
Great book, though. I just wish they'd get a new cover.
Posted by: Nancy Leek | 26 March 2013 at 06:51 PM
I think there is one, actually: I just featured the old one because I prefer it to the one that appears at Amazon.
Posted by: Leila | 26 March 2013 at 06:58 PM