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prettygoodword ([personal profile] prettygoodword) wrote2007-10-17 07:25 am

druthers

druthers - n., choice or preference.


One's own way. Always plural. Another colorful 19th century American coinage, in this case a dialectical alteration of 'd rather, short for would rather. In this spelling, from 1895; as drathers, since 1875.

---L.

[identity profile] asakiyume.livejournal.com 2007-10-17 04:42 pm (UTC)(link)
If I had my druthers, I'd never hit "post comment" carelessly....

[identity profile] prettygoodword.livejournal.com 2007-10-17 09:04 pm (UTC)(link)
No comment.