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Originally Posted by ezrabrooks
No, "surly" was what I mennt. And, "Airplane!" lines kicking around in your head can be a real problem.
As to the controversy over the term "upset", BB, the NYT and LH are all wrong, it came from the race...let us, the poor ignorant masses, have our one little story.
Ez
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So you meant to say "grumpy someone in the story?"
Surly: inclined to anger or bad feelings with overtones of menace; "a surly waiter"; "an ugly frame of mind"
Surely: definitely or positively (`sure' is sometimes used informally for `surely'); "the results are surely encouraging"; "she certainly is a hard worker"; "it's going to be a good day for sure"; "they are coming, for certain"; "they thought he had been killed sure enough"; "he'll win sure as shooting"; "they sure smell good"; "sure he'll come"
Believe it or not, I'm actually asking. "grumpy someone in the story" is kind of funny. I may steal it...
And funny you mention the "let us have our story" because that was exactly the theme that was being addressed in this show Wuhl did-- when the legend becomes fact. Like that Paul Revere didn't do very much riding on that famous ride; he got stopped by the Brits pretty soon, but his name scanned better in verse than the other two guys, so when Longfellow wrote his poem, guess who wound up in the starring role? Pretty entertaining show, I must say.
I sure hope the story about the origins of giving someone the finger was true, though... I liked that one.