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To: XEHRpa
A lot of Latin roots reveal such misinformed associations, as well ...

You do realize that all left-handed people are sinister, right? (Latin for left!)

One that I am uncertain about is the phrase "Takin' it for a spin!", which now days refers to automotive actions. I don't know where this came from in my memory, but I seem to think that this once referred to phonograph record stores where they had booths to listen to a record before buying - thus "Takin' it for a spin!" (Real old time here!)

Of course, going back to Latin roots, the word "record" comes to English from French and was derived from the Latin "recordari", to remember.

75 posted on 05/05/2016 7:12:45 AM PDT by SES1066 (Quality, Speed or Economical - Any 2 of 3 except in government - 1 at best but never #3!)
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To: SES1066

“Take it for a spin” to an automobile salesman would be a “spin around the block” where the auto company was.


89 posted on 05/05/2016 8:13:56 AM PDT by Robert A Cook PE (I can only donate monthly, but socialists' ABBCNNBCBS continue to lie every day!)
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To: SES1066

I hate to admit it, but I remember phonograph stores with listening booths. However, I had always associated the phrase “take it for a spin” with automobile test drives, though I certainly can’t come up with a rationale for that one.


123 posted on 05/05/2016 11:04:07 AM PDT by XEHRpa
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