Fwd: [GCFL] Interesting Facts [???]

[Mike Salovesh]

Etymology gets all folked up sometimes. These stories are even more
persistent than "POSH means 'Port Out, Starboard Home", but I don't
recall ADS-L discussion of their fake etymologies.

-- mike salovesh    <m-salovesh-9 at alumni.uchicago.edu>   PEACE !!!

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Subject: [GCFL] Interesting Facts
Date: Thu, 22 Aug 2002 03:10:32 -0500 (CDT)
From: GCFL <gcfl-info at gcfl.net>
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In Shakespeare's time, mattresses were secured on bed frames by ropes.
When you pulled on the ropes the mattress tightened, making the bed
firmer to sleep on. Hence the phrase "goodnight, sleep tight."

It was the accepted practice in Babylon 4,000 years ago that for a month
after the wedding, the bride's father would supply his son-in-law with
all the mead he could drink. Mead is a honey beer and because their
calendar was lunar based, this period was called the honey month we know
today as the honeymoon.

In English pubs, ale is ordered by pints and quarts. So in old England,
when customers got unruly, the bartender would yell at them mind their
own pints and quarts and settle down. It's where we get the phrase "mind
your P's and Q's"

Many years ago in England, pub frequenters had a whistle baked into the
rim or handle of their ceramic cups. When they needed a refill, they
used the whistle to get some service. "Wet your whistle" is the phrase
inspired by this practice.

In Scotland, a new game was invented. It was entitled Gentlemen Only
Ladies Forbidden.... and thus the word GOLF entered into the English
language.

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