Tuesday, October 13, 2009

"My eyes are going south!"

As I was working at the hotel this afternoon, I used the phrase, "going south" during a conversation with a guest. The elderly gentleman looked at me queerly and asked me, "Now where do you suppose that phrase came from?" I must admit, I was at a loss for words.

Therefore, I did what any modern curious person would do. I Google-d it. I found this website World Wide Words that allows various people to give there opinions on the origins of popular phrases and words. I have loved going through all theses different posts.

3 comments:

  1. So I read this and it was awesome! Cheers on a good find Abby! Cheers... hmmm... where did cheers come from...

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  2. It's a drinking thing, Caroline....

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  3. Okay, and all along I thought it was a TV show...

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