[PW] "The Dude abides"

[mtknight at mail.usf.edu]

Hi Jeanne,

As a huge Cohen Brothers fan, I am happy to try to offer some help :)

The phrase in the movie implies the 'endures' meaning of 'abides', rather
than 'lives'. For example, despite all the crazy stuff that goes on in the
movie against him, Jeffrey 'The Dude' abides in spite of it all.

Hope this helps!

Matt



> Hi All!  This is for me, so -- as we usually say -- there's no rush.
> Actually it's for my mother.  She often misses the point in her daily
> comic
> strips, and she calls on me for an explanation. Recently she has been
> seeing
> the expression "The dude abides" in the Mutts strip.  I know it's a quote
> from "The Big Lebowski."  I've read several reviews but (since I haven't
> seen the movie and don't know the context) I can't come up with anything
> that actually makes good sense to my mother'  Can anyone help?   Thanks!
> Jeanne Schramm, West Liberty, WV
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