X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f996b,e8470c5f258a7b1a X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-06-11 02:10:22 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!headwall.stanford.edu!newsfeed.media.kyoto-u.ac.jp!newshub1.kdd1.nap.home.ne.jp!news.home.ne.jp!news1.rdc1.ky.home.ne.jp.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "kirara" Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art References: Subject: Re: [OT] Poe on Diddling Lines: 17 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-2022-jp" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1106 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 Message-ID: Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2003 09:10:16 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 61.22.17.119 X-Complaints-To: abuse@home.ne.jp X-Trace: news1.rdc1.ky.home.ne.jp 1055322616 61.22.17.119 (Wed, 11 Jun 2003 18:10:16 JST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2003 18:10:16 JST Organization: @Home Network Xref: archiver1.google.com alt.ascii-art:23597 "Eli the Bearded" <*@eli.users.panix.com> wrote in message news:eli$0306092046@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