Re: Re:This Woman's Work lyrics

["Alan Chamberlin" <abckid@ix.netcom.com>]

Mikael Jakonen <mikael.jakonen@mailbox.swipnet.se> wrote in article
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> Rolf.Peukert@Theoinf.TU-Ilmenau.DE (Rolf Peukert) writes:
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> >Please excuse this probably silly question from a non-native
> >speaker, but in the lines
> >
> >Ooh, it's hard on the man, 
> >Now his part is over. 
> >
> >does "hard on" have the double meaning that i think it has?
> >(would make sense somehow)
> 
> As another non-native speaker, my first impression is 
> (the way she sings it): "very difficult for..."
> Well, not exactly. My limited vocabulary inhibits me to 
> give a better describtion. But I feel 'he' is having a hard 
> time coping with a situation as well as his own feelings. 
> 
> 
> I think you should explain what you think is the other
> meaning...  The only other meaning for "hard on" that _I_ can 
> think of is "erect". But personally I have a VERY hard time
> believing that Kate had that in mind as she wrote that 
> particular piece of lyrics. 
> 
> 
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> Mikael Jakonen                              
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My apologies for suggesting you were implying an "erection."  Unless there
is some other local colloquialism in English, that's the only other
alternative to "difficult."


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Alan Chamberlin
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