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Catherine Smith-Smythe Smith@catzies.bsky.social |
I had the same reaction when I learned about the disputed yet possible meaning behind "The good Lord willing, and the Creek don't rise." I used to think it was lower case and referred to a moving body of water, not a mass killing event of Native Americans who were just fighting back.
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TheDiva
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Holy shit, scrapping that one from my vocabulary now...
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Loredena Frisealach
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It looks like that’s not true. No record has been found of it being written by the person it’s attributed to. I found multiple sources confirming that the water version is correct. nativeheritageproject.com/2012/08/20/g...
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Loredena Frisealach
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Wait, what. I’ve always heard that in the context of water as well! Hate this.
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