I entered a chat room and was asked "How are you?" and I replied "Fair to middlin' ". Someone interjected "That's spelled "MIDLAND"." and I disagreed. Then the argument began.
The one who disagreed with me said it was a phrase from WWII; there were quite a few aviation bases here in Texas during the war and pilots, when asked how the weather was, would say "It's fair to Midland."
-sigh-
What the term means is that something is between good and bad.
Just like this blog.
October 17, 2008
Fair to Middling
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I remember Grandma D. Saying that all the time. I use it myself sometimes, too. The phrase works just perfect for some things.
It was a "middle" day, guess you noticed.
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