Re: [OT] Poe on Diddling
From kirara <jim...@NOSPAManet.ne.jp>
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· 11 Jun 2003 09:10 · View full thread
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"Eli the Bearded" <*@eli.users.panix.com> wrote in message news:eli$030...@qz.little-neck.ny.us... > Edgar Allen Poe's writtings on "Diddling" seem to indicate a much > different meaning of the word from present use. > > "Diddling" by Edgar Allen Poe > http://www.literatureclassics.com/etexts/104/177/ > I can remember ABBA sang "dumn,dumn,diddle to be your fiddle" or something in these days. Maybe 70's? So I thought "diddle" means "to move arm like playing violin". Just similar action to use a eraser. kirara
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