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Re: I would walk 500 miles and havering (was Re: the book of linford)

I loved the movie Benny and Joon also. Probably why I bought the song in the 
first place! Ah those Irish haver quite a bit, I've heard ;)

Sarah

np: The Cure - "Wish"
"It's Friday I'm in Love"


>From: Melanie
>i remember when the song got popularized here, after benny & joon came out 
>(a movie i always really enjoyed)- everyone was always complaining about 
>that 'havering' line.  i remember being told it was irish slang for being 
>drunk and acting like an idiot.

>>From: Paul Thereıs one line in that wonderful song I could never 
>>understand,
>>so your post inspired me to look it up on the Œnet.
>>And strangely, itıs just the way i have always sung it phonetically:
>>³And if I haver yeah I know I'm gonna be
>>I'm gonna be the man who's havering to you²
>>
>>Which, of course, led me to look up ³Haver² at dictionary.com, since we
>>donıt use that word down here in Texas.
>>
>>haver
>>\Ha"ver\, v. i. [Etymol. uncertain.] To maunder; to talk foolishly; to
>>chatter. [Scot.] --Sir W. Scott.
>>Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, İ 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
>>
>> >> "I would walk 500 miles" song
>> >> by those 2 Irish brother dudes - can't remember their name
>> >>
>> >
>> > the proclaimers
>>


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