Feb
16
2010
Ah Yes, that Famous American Colloquialism . . .
I happened to glance today at the Wikipedia entry for Jonathan Edwards, and it contains this line (which will likely be removed soon enough):
His sermons such as “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God” inspired his parishioners to coin what has now become an American colloquialism: “Ain’t no sermons like a J. Edwards sermon, ’cause dem J. Edwards sermon don’ stop.”
Indeed. If I had a dime for every time I heard that famous phrase—well, I’d still be broke!