![]() ![]() Why would anyone want something for Sally that was less than what they got? Why is something less enough for Sally? Sally never thought she was asking for too much. Good enough for Sally means less, less than what everyone else got. Sally thinks about that: good enough for Sally. She’ll get them if she listens to what other people think is good enough for Sally. She’ll get a husband and a dog and a house by the sea. She’ll get things faster, if she settles. Sally was slower, so Sally should settle. Sally didn’t know why good enough was what everyone wanted for Sally. Good enough felt a little bit good and a little bit sad. She met a few people and did some fun things and it was good, Sally guessed. She did more, tried more, wore makeup, dyed her hair, went on apps, went on dates, she tried really hard, our Sally. Sally has Instagram.Įverybody else got what Sally wants, but faster, so they say silly things to Sally. Sally thinks she’s asking for something average, something everybody gets. Sally doesn’t think she’s asking for too much. She wants a husband who also wants her and a dog and a house by the sea. (Sally hates doing the dishes, but she’ll gladly do the laundry in exchange.) Sally wants a husband, the right husband for Sally. She likes dark hair and light eyes but who cares, really? Someone smart would be grand, someone funny’s a must, and someone who loves doing the dishes, just for grins. And all Sally wants is a husband and a dog and a house by sea. But Sally is single, so that’s what people see. ![]() If there’s something wrong with not having the things she wants yet. They make Sally wonder if there’s something wrong with her. Their questions and looks and pats on the arm all make Sally sad. Not, “How’s work” or “How’s book club?” or “Any plans for the weekend?” They see her single first they don’t see Sally. “Are you seeing someone, Sally?” That’s what they always say. Except Sally is single, so that’s what people see. Because she’s a good person who is kind and thoughtful and smart and witty and she’s doing just fine, our Sally. She has friends and family and everyone loves Sally. She lives her life and works at her job and pays her taxes and hosts book club every other Tuesday. Sally thinks she wants something average, something everybody gets. That doesn’t sound like too much to ask, to me. She wants a house, a husband, a dog and she wants to smell the sea. That’s what Sally wants, she doesn’t want less. She wants a house and a husband and a dog, and when she steps outside she wants sea air to breathe. Sally wants to live in a little house by the sea. She hopes she will sell all her seashells soon.Every Single Day’s first foray into fiction. The seashells she sells are seashore shells, She sells seashells on the seashell shore. One popular modern tongue twister can be found below: Various modern versions exist that are based on this song, often “she” is replaced by “Sally”. So if she sells seashells on the seashore, The shells she sells are seashells, I’m sure. It is often claimed that Terry Sullivan was inspired by renowned paleontologist and fossil collector, Mary Anning but there is no evidence to support this hypothesis. The phrase was a popular tongue twister even before that, “She Sells Seashells” appearing in the 1 December 1871 edition of “The Family Herald a Domestic Magazine of Useful Information and Amusement”. She Sells Seashells, also known as Sally Sells Seashells is an old tongue twister made popular by Terry Sullivan in 1909. ![]()
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