To: spokeshave
"Mind your Ps and Qs is an English language expression meaning "mind your manners", "mind your language", "be on your best behaviour" or similar. Attempts at explaining the origin of the phrase go back to the mid-19th century." It should be, "p's and q's" in lower case. Children learning the alphabet confuse those (and b's and d's as well). Upper case P & Q are not problematic. At least that was what Miss Spencer taught us in 2nd grade. I was in love with Miss Spencer...
1,016 posted on
03/24/2019 6:52:43 AM PDT by
outofsalt
(If history teaches us anything, it's that history rarely teaches us anything.)
To: outofsalt
I was told it meant mind your pints and quarts. Your explanation makes more sense.
1,026 posted on
03/24/2019 7:27:26 AM PDT by
ichabod1
(He's a vindictive SOB but he's *our* vindictive SOB.)
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