tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21516766.post7595388266854270491..comments2024-03-15T02:19:39.552-05:00Comments on Cause For Concern: Blue Laws: Etymology EditionRicky Shambleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09507937845795960725noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21516766.post-60470922160843245592012-01-31T10:07:42.702-05:002012-01-31T10:07:42.702-05:00This is a great posting I have read. I like your a...This is a great posting I have read. I like your article. Thank youbusana muslimhttp://toko-baju-muslim.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21516766.post-50087589071447463602012-01-20T10:42:55.451-05:002012-01-20T10:42:55.451-05:00Sarah- Thanks!
Amber- Great points. My real goal w...Sarah- Thanks!<br />Amber- Great points. My real goal was trying to get to the bottom of why the word "blue" was there at all. And a little digging on "Bluenose" reveals that term originated in Nova Scotia. Weird.<br />Debra- ...or maybe not so weird after all; gets cold in them parts. Thanks!Ricky Shambleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09507937845795960725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21516766.post-11196449044332327442012-01-20T08:47:08.295-05:002012-01-20T08:47:08.295-05:00First of all -- fascinating! Another such usage of...First of all -- fascinating! Another such usage of "blue" is to "turn the air blue" by swearing like a sailor.<br /><br />Second of all -- I think all people who lived in Eastern maritime regions were called blue noses because of that region's miserable weather and cold Atlantic spray. At least that's the case here in Canada. Our most famous sailing ship was called "The Bluenose."<br /><br />Third of all -- that illustration is priceless, LOL!Debra She Who Seekshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01845703092794695023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21516766.post-82168836784640138752012-01-13T01:34:55.938-05:002012-01-13T01:34:55.938-05:00Having grown up in the Bible Belt South, I know a ...Having grown up in the Bible Belt South, I know a good deal about blue laws. Years ago, but still it was after 1978 you could not buy anything on Sunday except a meal. The mall was only open so the cafeteria could sell you a tatsty Sunday dinner. YAY no cooking, even. On Christmas ALL stores were closed including service (gas) stations. You could not only not buy alcohol or cigarettes, you couldn't buy whipping cream for the feastday dessert. The laws were very harsh in regard to Christian holidays.<br /><br />This very topic came up during one of my knitting group get togethers the other night and one lady remembered at one time the grocery store was allowed to be open, but you could only buy food and only food located on the perimeter of the store. That would include dairy and bread and I think cheese. She needed sewing thread and was sore vexed that she was not allowed to purchase it on Sunday.<br /><br />We knew we had to buy all the "fixins" we would need for Sunday dinner by Saturday evening or go out. It kept us honest and we really had time to spend with our extended family. My in-laws came to dinner or we went there every weekend most of the time. My family was small and not all that into cooking or hanging with the kids.<br /><br />The term "blue laws" comes not from the esteemed Snopes thinking or from your labrythine reasoning, but simply because the Puritans were called blue nosed because of their ways (and for goodness sake it has nothing to do with pit bulls! What's that about?).<br /><br />http://www.thefreedictionary.com/bluenosed<br /><br />I've wondered if changing God's name to Gah or Gosh doesn't piss Him off even more. Reckon?<br /><br /><br />I'm not feeling or trying to act superior, it is just that I've lived a longer life than you. Hope this has been of help to clarify the subject. It is only the Texas blue laws I sort of know, and do not try to speak for any other part of the Bible Belt or for where the Puritans lived. :DAmber Starhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04084517063365211835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21516766.post-92214066715117288202012-01-13T01:29:04.613-05:002012-01-13T01:29:04.613-05:00Makes sense to me!Makes sense to me!Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11097490501209800455noreply@blogger.com