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Exitaisle commented on the word yare
This word's most popular usage in the 20th Century may have been three times in the movie "Philadelphia Story," in reference to a boat and to the heroine of the movie, as in this dialogue by characters played by Katharine Hepburn and Cary Grant:
Tracy Lord: Oh Dexter you're not doing it just to soften the blow?
C. K. Dexter Haven: No.
Tracy Lord: Nor to save my face?
C. K. Dexter Haven: Oh, it's a nice little face.
Tracy Lord: Oh Dexter, I'll be yare now, I promise to be yare.
C. K. Dexter Haven: Be whatever you like, you're my redhead.
The script had previously set the stage for this exchange by using yare in reference to a boat the two erstwhile (in the original, precise definition) lovers had enjoyed.
July 5, 2009