tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5063010246424840403.post9015120476752978626..comments2023-10-03T08:36:22.795+01:00Comments on Words, words, words (and phrases): AntsyScriptor Senexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17795521284516432520noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5063010246424840403.post-52776941894595139132009-02-18T06:29:00.000+00:002009-02-18T06:29:00.000+00:00Awesome - thanks very much!I shall point her over ...Awesome - thanks very much!<BR/><BR/>I shall point her over here post-haste.Marchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14952331166517430843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5063010246424840403.post-79445691300851712882009-02-17T08:45:00.000+00:002009-02-17T08:45:00.000+00:00Hi Marc, 'Under the weather' as a popular phrase f...Hi Marc, <BR/>'Under the weather' as a popular phrase for "ill" dates back at least to 1827. I believe that "under the weather" is an old nautical phrase. When men were sick, they would rest below deck and thus were literally "under" the weather, below the deck. Moreover, the deck the sailors would usually be under was "the weather deck", the most exposed deck on the ship, usually the foredeck (over the seamen's quarters at the front end of the ship.Scriptor Senexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17795521284516432520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5063010246424840403.post-21318381519939433092009-02-17T06:19:00.000+00:002009-02-17T06:19:00.000+00:00Isn't it odd how some words we really take for gra...Isn't it odd how some words we really take for granted have such mysterious origins?<BR/><BR/>Oh, while I'm here - I've got a request for you. A fellow blogger recently posed the question "where does the phrase 'under the weather' come from anyway?" I thought you'd be the man to turn to :)<BR/><BR/>@ Shabby girl - haha, that's a very good point.Marchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14952331166517430843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5063010246424840403.post-47791943795564769872009-02-17T01:40:00.000+00:002009-02-17T01:40:00.000+00:00The term "ants in one's pants", in the theater of ...The term "ants in one's pants", in the theater of the mind, creates such a picture that, seriously, antsy doesn't cover it.shabby girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03991126161405336712noreply@blogger.com