tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12657288.post6889731812279233839..comments2024-01-07T06:59:04.212-05:00Comments on The Playgoer: Bloomberg Courts Artists for ReElectionPlaygoerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02994724588504353485noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12657288.post-41604222174976005832009-10-01T11:36:33.503-04:002009-10-01T11:36:33.503-04:00Not small minded at all, anon. Thanks.
Well damne...Not small minded at all, anon. Thanks.<br /><br />Well damned if you don't learn something new every day. Here I was going around using the phrase with no idea how it's spelled and where it comes from.<br /><br />In fact, you've led me to Michael Quinion's blog "World Wide Words," where he claims the word "seems to have come from the verb shoo, meaning to drive a person or an animal in a given direction by making noises or gestures." For more (horse racing is involved, too!) goto:<br />http://www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-sho1.htmPlaygoerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02994724588504353485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12657288.post-1234639472840349352009-09-30T19:39:52.337-04:002009-09-30T19:39:52.337-04:00small-minded comment: shoo-in (the other reminde...small-minded comment: shoo-in (the other reminded me of a shoe horn somehow...)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com