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The reason I’m inclined to accept this narrative is that not only have I not seen any plausible alternative etymology, there is no alternative etymology availab
by atdrummond 3y ago
The reason I’m inclined to accept this narrative is that not only have I not seen any plausible alternative etymology, there is no alternative etymology available period.
- HWR_14 3y agoI would recommend against that methodology. A lot of etymology is not easy to find, but plausible etymology is easy to make up.
- mauvehaus 3y agoYou must know my wife. She's quite confident that the idiom "balls to the wall" has something to do with a person being put up against a wall to be executed by gunshot.