Famous Quotes / Ambrose Bierce
Ambrose Bierce: "ZIGZAG, v.t. To move forward uncertainly, from side to side, as one carrying the white man's burden. (From _zed_, _z_, and _jag_, an Icelandic word of unknown meaning.)
He zedjagged so uncomen wyde
Thet non coude pas on eyder syde;
So, to com saufly thruh, I been
Constreynet for to doodge betwene.
Munwele"
Betwene | Burden | Carrying | Constreynet |
Coude | Doodge | Eyder | Forward |
Icelandic | Mans | Meaning | Move |
Munwele | Saufly | Side | Syde |
Thet | Thruh | Uncertainly | Uncomen |
Unknown | White | Word | Wyde |
Zedjagged | Zigzag |