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A flu virus shut down the US economy in 1872 by infecting horses
- superkuh 6y agoAnd without horses the firemen that might have prevented the Great Boston Fire of 1872 weren't able to move very quickly.
- lebuffon 6y agoSing... Blame Canada! Blame Canada! It isn't a real country anyway. (Southpark)
- 1cvmask 6y agoBlame Canada? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bOR38552MJA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bOR38552MJA
- mncharity 6y ago> Trains refused to stop at some cities where depots overflowed with undelivered goods. I've heard it described as a rail-and-horse system, with a rail network connecting hubs, and horse last miles.
- chrisbrandow 6y agoI read or heard something about this recently in connection with some etymological deep dive someone was doing. I can’t remember any details, unhelpfully.
- PEJOE 6y agoPlease try to make comments that add to the conversation
- TacticalMalice 6y agoYou are probably thinking of On the Origin of “Oops!”: The Language and Literature of Animal Disease by Ray Malewitz claiming it came a gradual shortening of the word “ooperzootics” (epizooty, a disease affecting many animals at the same time) to “oops” between 1872 and 1921. https://today.oregonstate.edu/news/origin-word-%E2%80%98oops%E2%80%99 https://today.oregonstate.edu/news/origin-word-%E2%80%98oops...
- chrisbrandow 6y agoYes!! That was it!
- offRamGiG 6y agoReminds of what horses did for us and what we do to them. Thanks for the great article.