Comments on: have X will travel http://snowclones.org/2007/07/20/have-x-will-travel/ Snowclones are the new eggcorns. Tue, 15 May 2012 22:58:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Emma http://snowclones.org/2007/07/20/have-x-will-travel/#comment-7666 Wed, 31 Aug 2011 06:34:47 +0000 http://snowclones.org/2007/07/20/have-x-will-travel/#comment-7666 I know this term as ‘have suitcase, will travel’. I assumed it was maybe a depression era plea for work (‘will work for food’, if you will).

]]> By: Chris Radcliff http://snowclones.org/2007/07/20/have-x-will-travel/#comment-1640 Fri, 04 Jan 2008 00:27:18 +0000 http://snowclones.org/2007/07/20/have-x-will-travel/#comment-1640 My first encounter with this was the Heinlein novel, so it took a while for me to actually understand the “will travel” part as “will[ing to] travel” instead of “[it] will [enable me to] travel.”

For some reason I also think of this as a Victorian newspaper advertisement sort of phrase, but that might just be due to the TV series.

]]> By: Traze http://snowclones.org/2007/07/20/have-x-will-travel/#comment-1438 Tue, 18 Dec 2007 12:05:02 +0000 http://snowclones.org/2007/07/20/have-x-will-travel/#comment-1438 I’m familiar with this phrase from the 1959 song ‘Have Love, Will Travel’ by the Sonics.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Have_Love%2C_Will_Travel

]]> By: Anonymous http://snowclones.org/2007/07/20/have-x-will-travel/#comment-1392 Wed, 12 Dec 2007 14:25:17 +0000 http://snowclones.org/2007/07/20/have-x-will-travel/#comment-1392 Personally I’ve heard “Have X, will Y” a few times, but not with Y being travel.

]]> By: mollymooly http://snowclones.org/2007/07/20/have-x-will-travel/#comment-51 Wed, 25 Jul 2007 13:21:29 +0000 http://snowclones.org/2007/07/20/have-x-will-travel/#comment-51 From http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=have

Phrase have (noun), will (verb) is from 1954, originally from comedian Bob Hope, in the form Have tux, will travel; Hope described it as typical of vaudevillians’ ads in “Variety,” indicating a willingness to perform anywhere, any time.

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