[Ads-l] Query: "take a knee"

[Laurence Horn]

Oops, sorry for not checking before posting.

LH

> On Dec 15, 2018, at 1:43 PM, Jesse Sheidlower <jester at PANIX.COM> wrote:
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> Ben Zimmer wrote about this at great length:
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> http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=34671
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> On Sat, Dec 15, 2018 at 01:40:11PM -0500, Mark Mandel wrote:
>> Possibly related to "take a stand [metaphorical, but meaningful in this
>> context] / position [approximately ditto] / seat"?
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>> Mark
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>> On Sat, Dec 15, 2018, 12:43 PM Cohen, Gerald Leonard <gcohen at mst.edu wrote:
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>>> I've received a query: Why do we say "take
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>>> a knee" (e.g. of football players)?  In what way is
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>>> a knee "taken"?
>>> 
>>> Would anyone have an explanation?
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>>> Gerald Cohen
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