PS , believe it or not but in the U.K. we still spell it , from the Greek ; diarrhoea .
I usually dislike how you naughty colonials mangle the English language , but in this case you've got a point .
You can lead a horse to water but a pencil must be led , Stan Laurel
Don't you just love word origins? Do you think this story had the Brits or Colonials at the helm?
In the days when sailing ships were opening up world trade routes, when commodities such as spices were worth as much as gold, (18th Century??) some ships would carry fertilizer. These ships would periodically explode & be lost at sea, & no one knew why. Once they realised the cause was due to a build up of methane gas in the hold (& probably some sailor with a lantern) they would stamp on the words "Ship High In Transit", so the ferilizer would be lashed to the decks & exposed to the fresh air, avoiding any methane build-up. These words became common in use, and were eventually abrreviated to S.H.I.T., hence the word we use today.
Here's one i just came accross yesterday . "No room to swing a cat" was supposed to come from the Royal Navy in the good old days when the cato'nine tails was used for punishments . Actually it's usage predates this and refers to the practise of placing a live cat in a leather restraint which was hung by a cord , then swung like a pendulum , and shot at by archers to improve their skill .
About the S.H.I.T. story slap yer occulars round this
Mad Cow
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Mad Cow
There are some who can live without wild things and some who cannot. - Aldo Leopold
turkey trot
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turkey trot
Diarrhea
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Diarrhea
airsoles ( nothing like a
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airsoles ( nothing like a good pun )
PS , believe it or not but in the U.K. we still spell it , from the Greek ; diarrhoea .
I usually dislike how you naughty colonials mangle the English language , but in this case you've got a point .
You can lead a horse to water but a pencil must be led , Stan Laurel
Don't you just love word
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Don't you just love word origins? Do you think this story had the Brits or Colonials at the helm?
In the days when sailing ships were opening up world trade routes, when commodities such as spices were worth as much as gold, (18th Century??) some ships would carry fertilizer. These ships would periodically explode & be lost at sea, & no one knew why. Once they realised the cause was due to a build up of methane gas in the hold (& probably some sailor with a lantern) they would stamp on the words "Ship High In Transit", so the ferilizer would be lashed to the decks & exposed to the fresh air, avoiding any methane build-up. These words became common in use, and were eventually abrreviated to S.H.I.T., hence the word we use today.
Air-Jordan
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Air-Jordan
There are some who can live without wild things and some who cannot. - Aldo Leopold
Trans Jordan
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Trans Jordan
Transgression Here's one
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Transgression
Here's one i just came accross yesterday . "No room to swing a cat" was supposed to come from the Royal Navy in the good old days when the cato'nine tails was used for punishments . Actually it's usage predates this and refers to the practise of placing a live cat in a leather restraint which was hung by a cord , then swung like a pendulum , and shot at by archers to improve their skill .
About the S.H.I.T. story slap yer occulars round this
http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/bl-s-word.htm
You can lead a horse to water but a pencil must be led , Stan Laurel
Regression
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Regression
de-evolution HBK / HHH
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de-evolution
HBK / HHH
You can lead a horse to water but a pencil must be led , Stan Laurel