Comments on: “Live Free, Or Die” http://www.englam.net/blog/archives/47 Taiwan Fri, 21 Nov 2008 09:14:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.3 by: Linh Chau http://www.englam.net/blog/archives/47#comment-854 Fri, 02 Feb 2007 17:12:48 +0000 http://www.englam.net/blog/archives/47#comment-854 I am living in New Hampshire now, and I like the motto "LIVE FREE OR DIE" very much. However, after some lingual research, I think that "LIVE FREE OR DIE" might meant something different from "LIVE FREELY OR DIE", or "LIVE WITH FREEDOM OR DIE" . For example, in America, when you say "Eat free", it means that you eat and pay nothing. So "LIVE FREE OR DIE" might mean that "LIVE WITHOUT ANY PAYMENT OR DIE", or "LIVE FREE OF CHARGE OR DIE". If it is true, everybody must die, or nobody should believe in the motto ;-) I am living in New Hampshire now, and I like the motto “LIVE FREE OR DIE” very much.

However, after some lingual research, I think that “LIVE FREE OR DIE” might meant something different from “LIVE FREELY OR DIE”, or “LIVE WITH FREEDOM OR DIE” .

For example, in America, when you say “Eat free”, it means that you eat and pay nothing.

So “LIVE FREE OR DIE” might mean that “LIVE WITHOUT ANY PAYMENT OR DIE”, or “LIVE FREE OF CHARGE OR DIE”.

If it is true, everybody must die, or nobody should believe in the motto ;-)

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