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Toe, not tow :)
by loloquwowndueo 2y ago
Toe, not tow :)
- brk 2y ago"Towing the company line" evokes a much more brutalist image of workers dragging a giant rope, pulling the company along. So it works either way.
- loloquwowndueo 2y agoThat’s not what brutalist means. Sorry I’m in “insufferable pedant” mode today :)
- mikewarot 2y agoThanks for an interesting diversion. I always thought it had to do with towing barges down canals. What an interesting eggcorn.
- Wurdan 2y agoOh, it’s fun that both words make sense with the meaning of the phrase. But I’ll toe the line of its usage better in future.