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Discussion Groups / English Usage / May 2009Shifted the port in my direction
Hello: "shifted the port in my direction" is this "changed his stance/position to face me?" This must be from navy. -------- The Templers, father and son, had begun to discuss with Stripling the jamming of his car's accelerator. Farebrother shifted the port in my direction, without pouring himself a second glass. A Dance to the Music of Time, Spring, by Anthony Powell, p. 61 -------  SignatureThanks. Marius Hancu > "shifted the port in my direction" > is this [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > A Dance to the Music of Time, Spring, by Anthony Powell, p. 61 > ------- Port has multiple meanings. You want the sixth noun entry in MW: Etymology: Oporto, Portugal Date: 1691 a sweet fortified wine of rich taste and aroma made in Portugal ; also : a similar wine made elsewhere SignatureBest -- Donna Richoux >Hello: > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > >This must be from navy. The port is the bottle of Port Wine. >-------- >The Templers, father and son, had begun to discuss with Stripling the [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >A Dance to the Music of Time, Spring, by Anthony Powell, p. 61 >------- SignaturePeter Duncanson, UK (in alt.usage.english) > Hello: > [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > A Dance to the Music of Time, Spring, by Anthony Powell, p. 61 > ------- "The port" is the after-dinner bottle of port, drunk by the menfolk once the ladies have retired to the drawing-room. By tradition, the servants have also withdrawn, so the bottle is passed around the table for each diner to help himself. A multitude of customs, conventions and unwritten rules apply to the occasion. -- > "The port" is the after-dinner bottle of port, drunk by the menfolk once > the ladies have retired to the drawing-room. By tradition, the servants > have also withdrawn, so the bottle Far more likely the decanter: it would be like having the milk bottle on the table - simply not done! > is passed around the table for each > diner to help himself. > > A multitude of customs, conventions and unwritten rules apply to the > occasion. Do you know the Bishop of Norwich? > > "The port" is the after-dinner bottle of port, drunk by the menfolk once > > the ladies have retired to the drawing-room. By tradition, the servants [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > Do you know the Bishop of Norwich? Don't bogart that joint, my friend. Mike M > > > "The port" is the after-dinner bottle of port, drunk by the > > > menfolk once the ladies have retired to the drawing-room. By [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > > Mike M Or indeed, 'don't bogart that bottle of Cockburn's[1] 58, my friend'. I must remember to say that next time the Bish of Norwich[2] comes round. DC [1] Pronounced 'Fanshaw' [2] Any day now to be known as 'The Bishop of Aviva'. Or is that buses? -- > > "shifted the port in my direction" > > is this [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > "The port" is the after-dinner bottle of port, drunk by the > menfolk once the ladies have retired to the drawing-room. Right. Missed this one. Thank you all. Marius Hancu > > > "shifted the port in my direction" > > > is this [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > > Right. Missed this one. The History and Tradition paragraph in the Wiki entry on Port is worth checking out for this aspect of the world Powell's characters inhabit. DC -- |
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