Or Queen. I always took this to mean that the instant one monarch dies, the next becomes the monarch. Ie. to use a U.S. example, "JFK is dead; long live LBJ". A ceremony takes place, but the nation doesn't go two hours without a leader.
But writers use this sentence in a way that implies it has a different meaning. Today I read, "The guitar solo is dead; long live the guitar solo."
What does that even mean? Long live the memory of the guitar solo? So do people really mean, "Long live the memory of the Queen/King?" or is this writer confused.
2006-08-16
03:17:54
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