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Message board > Winner of POD (Thursday, September 8th)
Winner of POD (Thursday, September 8th)
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valentinaper
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Winner of POD (Thursday, September 8th)
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First of all, I �d like to thank you for taking part. I �m not going to moan and groan about the small number of participants, because perhaps the phrase I chose was not that interesting, after all! All of your daffynitions and stories were witty, interesting and brought smiles to my face, and for that I thank you once more. By the way, I found this information on the phrase "to kick the bucket". The link between buckets and death was made by at least 1785, when the phrase was defined in Grose�s Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue: "To kick the bucket, to die."
One theory as to why, albeit with little evidence to support it, is that the phrase originates from the notion that people hanged themselves by standing on a bucket with a noose around their neck and then kicking the bucket away. in 16th century England bucket had an additional meaning (and in some parts it still has), i.e. a beam or yoke used to hang or carry items. The term may have been introduced into English from the French tr�buchet - meaning a balance, or buque - meaning a yoke. That meaning of bucket was referred to in Peter Levins � Manipulus vocabulorum. A dictionarie of English and Latine wordes, 1570:"A Bucket, beame, tollo."
and was used by Shakespeare in Henry IV Part II, 1597: "Swifter then he that gibbets on the Brewers Bucket." [to gibbet meant to hang]
Nevertheless, I had to pick a winner...so today �s winner is Les! Congratulations! Over to you now! Valentina |
9 Sep 2011
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