[LMB] first mutant fruits or maybe an unfamilar idiom

[Lois McMaster Bujold]

[LMB] first mutant fruits or maybe an unfamilar idiom
Diana Hagan diana.hagan at gmail.com
Sat May 3 17:45:19 BST 2008

On Sat, May 3, 2008 at 11:52 AM, <CatMtn at aol.com> wrote:

 > On page 346, first line "Let's go set to the roof."  "Set to" meant
 >  "begin"
 > in the rural areas I'm familiar with, so this sounds odd to me.
 >
 > Mary
 >
 >  My husband, who speaks southeastern US dialect, says "sit to" -- usually
when we "sit to the table" for a meal.

-- 
Diana



*** Unfamiliar idiom, rendered more unfamiliar by the author: the origin 
is the phrase, "let's go set to the stoop" meaning "let's go sit on the 
porch."

Ta, L.