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Originally Posted by Mel Comley
I agree with Mr Ploppy can't stand purple prose, just turns me off a book, often has me in fits of laughter too. ;-)
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The meaning of phrases can change over time as well. On the DVD of "War of the Worlds," (the 1953 version) Ann Robinson told how when she saw a screening of the movie in recent years and her character said the line about 'bawling her eyes out' the young teenagers in the crowd laughed at it. The line meant something different to them than it had to audiences when the movie was 1st made. lol.