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"It was mid-'50s rock 'n' roll," Rolling Stone 's Robert Palmer once wrote, "that blew away, in one mighty, concentrated blast, the accumulated racial and social proprieties of the centuries."
1. Never mind that one of the writers of the song was born in the 19 th century, or that Mitchell Parish, veteran lyricist (though born in the 20 th century, just) of "Sleigh Ride" and "Stardust," once described it to me as "a good, conventional Tin Pan Alley song"--there go the social proprieties of the centuries.
Some of those proprieties have proved surprisingly resilient.
Which leads me to: a prig “irritates by observance of proprieties (as of speech) in a pointed manner or to an obnoxious degree,” while a pedant “unduly emphasizes minutiae in the presentation of knowledge.”
Ignore the proprieties — or offend the pride of an Edokko — and he will let you know about it, in no uncertain terms; respect his sense of values and you make a friend for life.