http://joyfullyretired.com/2009/12/02/wondrous-words-43/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=wondrous-words-43 Wed, 23 May 2012 20:20:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://joyfullyretired.com/2009/12/02/wondrous-words-43/comment-page-1/#comment-6163 Lisa notes... Wed, 02 Dec 2009 20:25:09 +0000 http://joyfullyretired.com/?p=4846#comment-6163 Didn't know that's what shamus meant. Now I do! Thanks. Didn’t know that’s what shamus meant. Now I do! Thanks.

]]> http://joyfullyretired.com/2009/12/02/wondrous-words-43/comment-page-1/#comment-6153 Kathy Wed, 02 Dec 2009 16:13:38 +0000 http://joyfullyretired.com/?p=4846#comment-6153 I've never heard shamus but I sure do love to read about them! My sister says people always get sardonic and sarcastic confused. Thanks for being such a faithful participant in this meme. I’ve never heard shamus but I sure do love to read about them! My sister says people always get sardonic and sarcastic confused. Thanks for being such a faithful participant in this meme.

]]> http://joyfullyretired.com/2009/12/02/wondrous-words-43/comment-page-1/#comment-6148 rhapsodyinbooks Wed, 02 Dec 2009 14:54:15 +0000 http://joyfullyretired.com/?p=4846#comment-6148 Your comment about Bogart is very funny. Often we note the difference between the impression we get when we see movie stars playing very intelligent characters on screen and then going on stage for the Oscars or whatever and seeming very, very dumb! ...which all goes to show what good actors many of them are! I don't know much about Bogart in real life, except that it seems it would not have been a stretch for him to smile sardonically, whether he knew the definition or not! Your comment about Bogart is very funny. Often we note the difference between the impression we get when we see movie stars playing very intelligent characters on screen and then going on stage for the Oscars or whatever and seeming very, very dumb! …which all goes to show what good actors many of them are! I don’t know much about Bogart in real life, except that it seems it would not have been a stretch for him to smile sardonically, whether he knew the definition or not!

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