Timeline for Meaning of "hail to the king"
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| Oct 11, 2019 at 18:19 | comment | added | Lucas Gabriel Sánchez | @senderle thanks for that post, I knew about Bruce Cambpell saying "Hail to the King", but no the Elvis part | |
| Oct 10, 2019 at 15:40 | comment | added | senderle | @LucasGabrielSánchez somehow this comment passed me by... what is it now, 8 years ago? But now, revisiting it, I think you might find this relevant. | |
| May 26, 2011 at 13:45 | comment | added | Lucas Gabriel Sánchez | Thanks to senderle and Alenanno for their answers, both are great for me, and both answer my question, but Alenanno added more information useful to me, that's the reason I choose his answer. And for your information I asked this, after years of asking myself: Why Duke Nukem says "Hail to the King, baby?" :) | |
| May 25, 2011 at 22:36 | comment | added | Alenanno | @FumbleFingers: Well, writing more brings you the chance of being able to cover all the arguments required, but it sure puts you into the risk of receiving comments where people disagree with you :D | |
| May 25, 2011 at 22:17 | comment | added | FumbleFingers | @Alenanno: I often think there should be two sets of answers, or at least two concurrent 'rating' systems. There's a 'best' answer addressing OP's question as succinctly as possible, and another kind of 'best' that makes interesting reading and enhances one's understanding of the area being covered. Of course, any assertions made in either must be correct/plausible, so you run more risk of stirring up dissention in the ranks by writing the second kind! :) | |
| May 25, 2011 at 21:30 | comment | added | Alenanno | @FumbleFingers: It's ok, criticising makes me improve my answers :) | |
| May 25, 2011 at 21:21 | comment | added | FumbleFingers | @Alenanno: I didn't mean to slight your answer as such; it contains many interesting (although peripheral) points. My intent was purely to complement @senderle on sticking to the core of the question. Remember that most times Hail to the King has ever been said in earnest, the monarch himself would not even have been present. @senderle's acclaim; approve enthusiastically exactly covers the normal context with minimal distraction. | |
| May 25, 2011 at 18:33 | comment | added | Alenanno | @FumbleFingers: I improved that part. :) | |
| May 25, 2011 at 18:20 | comment | added | Alenanno | @FumbleFingers: My main answer was not the Etymology :D I just added it because I thought it could add an additional level of completeness. But my answer to him is visible before the horizontal line. Your comment makes me think that maybe it's not that visible... | |
| May 25, 2011 at 17:39 | comment | added | FumbleFingers | @senderle: OP asked for the meaning of the sentence, not the etymology, so I think your answer is far more appropriate than @Alenanno's. As you say, it can easily be looked up in any online dictionary anyway, so your point about use of to is the only thing that gives the question any merit in the first place. | |
| May 25, 2011 at 16:43 | history | edited | senderle | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| May 25, 2011 at 16:36 | history | answered | senderle | CC BY-SA 3.0 |