common words and phrases, and where they came from |
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 Jun 28 2005, 05:51 PM
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Many people wonder where most words and phrases were derived from. Here are a few of them and how these words/phrases came about through history. I thought these were very interesting, some were actually pretty funny to me...
**************************************************************************** 1. 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. That's where the phrase, "goodnight, sleep tight" came from. 2. 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" or what we know today as the honeymoon." 3. In English pubs, ale is ordered by pints and quarts. So in old England, when customers got unruly, the bartender would yell at them to mind their own pints and quarts and settle down. It's where we get the phrase "mind your P's and Q's." 4. Many years ago in England, pub frequenters had a whistle baked into the rim or handle of their ceramic cups. Then they needed refill, they used the whistle to get some service. "Wet your whistle," is the phrase inspired by this practice. 5. In ancient England, a person could not have sex unless you had consent of the King (unless you were in the Royal Family). When anyone wanted to have a baby, they got consent of the King, the King gave them a placard that they hung on their door while they were having sex. The placard had F.*.*.*.(Fornication Under Consent of the King) on it. Now you know where that came from. 6. 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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Jun 28 2005, 06:22 PM
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mood: content Group: Member Posts: 2,063 Joined: Aug 2004 Member No: 42,325 |
OMFG, that's where f*ck came from!
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Jun 28 2005, 06:26 PM
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 My name's Katt. Nice to meet you! Group: Member Posts: 3,826 Joined: Jan 2005 Member No: 93,674 |
QUOTE(mocassinsx29 @ Jun 28 2005, 5:22 PM) OMFG, that's where f*ck came from!  Lmao. That's pretty cool, but I'm afraid those might be false because I never in my whole life heard of anything of those things. Ex: rope-secured mattresses, cups with whistles.. I like the f*ck one. |
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Jun 28 2005, 10:08 PM
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 Queen of Random Information Group: Member Posts: 825 Joined: Jun 2005 Member No: 157,057 |
I've heard of all of those.
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Jun 28 2005, 10:14 PM
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 Hi! I'm Dani :) Group: Member Posts: 5,637 Joined: Feb 2004 Member No: 3,369 |
Ahaha I didn't know that's where F*ck came from.
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Jun 30 2005, 03:56 PM
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 ¢¾ Wanting it. ¢¾ Group: Member Posts: 2,060 Joined: Aug 2004 Member No: 39,234 |
COOL i didnt know those. interesting to know thats where f**k came from
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Jun 30 2005, 11:19 PM
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 What a hypocrite. Group: Member Posts: 2,754 Joined: Apr 2005 Member No: 128,150 |
Haha, that is really neat, I liked this one:
QUOTE 1. 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. That's where the phrase, "goodnight, sleep tight" came from.
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Jun 30 2005, 11:28 PM
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QUOTE(esharp @ Jun 28 2005, 6:51 PM) 5. In ancient England, a person could not have sex unless you had consent of the King (unless you were in the Royal Family). When anyone wanted to have a baby, they got consent of the King, the King gave them a placard that they hung on their door while they were having sex. The placard had F.*.*.*.(Fornication Under Consent of the King) on it. Now you know where that came from. That's not true. It stems from a few words, most of which come from an old word meaning "to strike."(Those links won't work due to the language filter, but click on them, find the censored word, and fill it in yourself, if you must.) |
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Jul 1 2005, 01:46 AM
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 GREEENROCKS Group: Member Posts: 1,393 Joined: Apr 2004 Member No: 10,624 |
wow. that's all i can say.
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Jul 2 2005, 02:04 AM
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QUOTE(mipadi @ Jun 30 2005, 11:28 PM) That's not true. It stems from a few words, most of which come from an old word meaning "to strike."(Those links won't work due to the language filter, but click on them, find the censored word, and fill it in yourself, if you must.) yeah im aware that the word F*** stems from a german word "frichen" which does in fact mean "to strike"... but cant we all have a good laugh everyonce in a while (if it was even funny)... even if tha info isnt accurate? |
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