Question posed by Gard in his 2010-10-24 podcast

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FUR3jr
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Posted on: October 26, 2010 - 3:54am

Gard asked what "druthers" are in his podcast entitled Political Science v. Liberty.

 

As I am prone to look for precision in language, I looked it up.  This is what I found.

 

http://mydictionary.myresources.com/browse/druthers

Noun
the right or chance to choose; "given my druthers, I'd eat cake"

 

 

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mothyspace
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Posted on: October 26, 2010 - 4:15am #1

very droll *grin*

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Gardner Goldsmith
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Posted on: October 26, 2010 - 11:47pm #2

:-)

 

I actually looked it up a while back because I was interested. It's kind of an inside joke I offer to a couple who listen. Sorry if it got you expending energy when you didn't have to! :-)

The derivation comes from "I'd rather", which was corrupted over the years to be "d-ruther"...

It's like "disgruntled". I was always fascinated with that. Why DIS gruntled? Can one be "gruntled". Well, it turns out, yes, one can. Gruntled merely means, "happy".

How are you today, Mr. Politician?

-- Oh, I just wrote two laws to attenuate my neighbors' right to engage in free commerce! I'm feeling very GRUNTLED! :-)

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