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regin...@gmail.com

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Nov 29, 2012, 4:04:39 AM11/29/12
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True, he never made love to her, nor did the clear gray eyes ever glow with that hot light Scarlett knew so well in other men.

Does "made love to her" mean show his love to her, or does it bear the usual ordinary meaning of intercourse?
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Athel Cornish-Bowden

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Nov 29, 2012, 4:12:32 AM11/29/12
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At the time the book was written it was commonplace to use "make love"
in the first sense, so I'd guess that was the meaning used here.

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regin...@gmail.com

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Nov 29, 2012, 4:32:42 AM11/29/12
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Horace LaBadie

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Nov 29, 2012, 9:00:56 AM11/29/12
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In article <d77e1b56-8676-4040...@googlegroups.com>,
Woo or court her in the 19th century.

the Omrud

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Nov 29, 2012, 10:04:09 AM11/29/12
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And well beyond that - up to WWII perhaps.

There was a theatre review not all that long ago which went something
like: "The main action carried on while at the back of the stage, the
young couple were quietly making love". It meant gazing into each
others' eyes, holding hands, etc.

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David

Iain Archer

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Nov 29, 2012, 1:48:31 PM11/29/12
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the Omrud wrote on Thu, 29 Nov 2012
So where is the cusp, the tipping point, the watershed, ...?
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R H Draney

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Nov 29, 2012, 2:04:35 PM11/29/12
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the Omrud filted:
It's a bit jarring to watch the Marx Brothers' "Monkey Business" and hear Thelma
Todd ask Groucho "are you making love to me?"...

Honestly, if anybody would know without asking, it's Thelma Todd....r


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Me? Sarcastic?
Yeah, right.

Harrison Hill

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Nov 29, 2012, 2:25:39 PM11/29/12
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On Nov 29, 6:48 pm, Iain Archer <m...@privacy.net> wrote:
> the Omrud wrote on Thu, 29 Nov 2012
>
>
>
> >On 29/11/2012 14:00, Horace LaBadie wrote:
> >> In article <d77e1b56-8676-4040...@googlegroups.com>,
> >>   regina....@gmail.com wrote:
>
> >>> True, he never made love to her, nor did the clear gray eyes ever glow with
> >>> that hot light Scarlett knew so well in other men.
>
> >>> Does "made love to her" mean show his love to her, or does it bear the usual
> >>> ordinary meaning of intercourse?
> >>> Thanks
>
> >> Woo or court her in the 19th century.
>
> >And well beyond that - up to WWII perhaps.
>
> >There was a theatre review not all that long ago which went something
> >like: "The main action carried on while at the back of the stage, the
> >young couple were quietly making love".  It meant gazing into each
> >others' eyes, holding hands, etc.
>
> So where is the cusp, the tipping point, the watershed, ...?

1969 and "Woodstock" when "free love" became known about, via free
concerts.
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