This column is about neither our national anthem nor its composer, Francis Scott Key. Rather, it’s about the Southern proclivity to use the word “sight” for something extraordinary. “A sight for sore eyes” is, as best your compiler can determine, a saying with long, long usage in the English-speaking world, and not a usage confined to the South. But what about similar usages: are they strictly Southern or not? Your compiler does not pr…
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