Re: THEORY: questions

> << In French, we say: "il pleut des cordes" (it's raining ropes). We
> have pity for these poor falling cats and dogs I guess :))))
> (though receiving a bunch of
> ropes on your head mustn't be nice :)) ). >>
>
>     I like this expression better.  You can see raindrops as straight
> ropes...  "Raining cats and dogs" is one of the few things that
> makes me ashamed of the English language.  The other is the letter "w".
Why?  I find the idiom to be delightful and idiosyncratic, the way almost
all idioms in all languages are.

The letter 'w' I can understand, but I wonder if we think of the same
reasons.  Why don't you like 'w'?


Jesse S. Bangs     Pelíran
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