Wild BillM to Everett True Comics · 1 month agoI shan't ask you twice, madame! (February 25, 1906)imagemessage-square19fedilinkarrow-up199arrow-down12
arrow-up197arrow-down1imageI shan't ask you twice, madame! (February 25, 1906)Wild BillM to Everett True Comics · 1 month agomessage-square19fedilink
minus-squarecriitz@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up25·1 month agoPronounced like leaf. Apparently it basically means “gladly”. Seems to have died out in the early 20th century. lief /lēf/ adverb Readily; willingly. “I would as lief go now as later.” Gladly; willingly; freely; – now used only in the phrases, had as lief, and would as lief. “I had, or would, as lief go as not”
minus-squareemeralddawn45@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up8·1 month agoI imagine it’s related to relief. Interesting. That’s a relief = that makes me glad again.
minus-squareSquirrelsdrivemenuts@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 month agoIt sounds a lot like the dutch “net zo lief” which translates to “just as lovely” and we still use it today in this context.
minus-squareClay_pidgin@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 month agoI’ve read it in older books with even older characters, but I’ve not once heard it said! Thank you.
Pronounced like leaf. Apparently it basically means “gladly”. Seems to have died out in the early 20th century.
I imagine it’s related to relief. Interesting. That’s a relief = that makes me glad again.
It sounds a lot like the dutch “net zo lief” which translates to “just as lovely” and we still use it today in this context.
i learned! Thanks!!
I’ve read it in older books with even older characters, but I’ve not once heard it said! Thank you.