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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