On Sun, 07 Jan 2007 09:13:12 -0600
Tim Kynerd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> All of which is only the tip of a very large iceberg of linguistic 
> irritation. ("Tow the line," for example, has been annoying me for
> years.)
[snipped]

What's wrong with "tow the line"?  Its been used in the UK since there
were "navvies" on our canals....and it has a specific meaning.  So
what's the annoyance?
-- 

Graham

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