http://www.word-detective.com/2008/12/swimmingly/ Semper Ubi Sub Ubi Wed, 20 Mar 2013 19:32:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.word-detective.com/2008/12/swimmingly/comment-page-1/#comment-41331 admin Wed, 27 Jun 2012 23:04:51 +0000 http://www.word-detective.com/2008/04/17/swimmingly/#comment-41331 I think it's worth noting that I approved this comment in the queue thinking it referred to the article itself, i.e., that the error was mine, which it might well have been. I know the difference, but I hate the distinction, between "its" and "it's." So I cut people a whole nine yards of slack on this one. I think it’s worth noting that I approved this comment in the queue thinking it referred to the article itself, i.e., that the error was mine, which it might well have been. I know the difference, but I hate the distinction, between “its” and “it’s.” So I cut people a whole nine yards of slack on this one.

]]> http://www.word-detective.com/2008/12/swimmingly/comment-page-1/#comment-41235 Jules Tue, 26 Jun 2012 17:57:30 +0000 http://www.word-detective.com/2008/04/17/swimmingly/#comment-41235 "its" definition, not "it's"! 8-) “its” definition, not “it’s”! 8-)

]]> http://www.word-detective.com/2008/12/swimmingly/comment-page-1/#comment-37641 Mark Moran Wed, 18 Apr 2012 08:31:37 +0000 http://www.word-detective.com/2008/04/17/swimmingly/#comment-37641 Not really using it right yet Mr. McC. One does not do explanations swimmingly. Think "They got along swimmingly." or "Things went swimmingly." Not really using it right yet Mr. McC. One does not do explanations swimmingly. Think “They got along swimmingly.” or “Things went swimmingly.”

]]> http://www.word-detective.com/2008/12/swimmingly/comment-page-1/#comment-24510 Duggan McC Fri, 07 Oct 2011 13:02:57 +0000 http://www.word-detective.com/2008/04/17/swimmingly/#comment-24510 Re: definition of swimmingly...Execellent! i first heard the word many years ago in the Marx Bros movie, "Coconuts". A villianess replied over the phone, "things are going just swimmingly". thus began my search for it's definitio, which led to my sometime use of swimmingly ( i use to inject humor in a convo and always wait to hear someone say, "SWIMMINGLY, what's that mean!) Yours was the best explaination i've read! I never knew it had Germanic roots. Your explaination was done... swimmingly! Re: definition of swimmingly…Execellent! i first heard the word many years ago in the Marx Bros movie, “Coconuts”. A villianess replied over the phone, “things are going just swimmingly”. thus began my search for it’s definitio, which led to my sometime use of swimmingly ( i use to inject humor in a convo and always wait to hear someone say, “SWIMMINGLY, what’s that mean!)
Yours was the best explaination i’ve read! I never knew it had Germanic roots. Your explaination was done… swimmingly!

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