> Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2002 14:49:00 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Ethan Dicks <erd_6502_at_yahoo.com>
> Subject: Googling and "egg-sucking" (was Re: "Toy" computers...)
> To: classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org
> In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0204281433220.29291-100000_at_george.home.org>
>
> --- Doc <doc_at_mdrconsult.com> wrote:
> > On Sun, 28 Apr 2002, Peter C. Wallace wrote:
> >
> > > On Sun, 28 Apr 2002, Doc wrote:
> >
> > > > Dude.
> > > > Fire up your favorite Open Source browser. Go to
> > > > http://www.google.com
> > > > Do a search for this (quotation marks included):
> > > >
> > > > "Teach Grandpa to suck eggs"
> > >
> > > BTW Google doesn't find the quoted string...
>
> I got one hit with this...
> "teaching grandpa to suck eggs"
>
> And a bunch more by using the exact phraseology I heard growing up...
>
> "teach your grandma to suck eggs"
>
> With Google, spelling (and precise word selection) counts.
>
> > Argh.
> > Once again, what I thought was a universal expression turns out to be
> > a Texasism.
>
> I would count it as an American Colloquialism, but I don't think of the
> phrase as uniquely Texan.
Hey, guys. Simplify. A Google search on the phrase "suck eggs" leads
to a clear explanation of the historical use of the phrase, dating
back to the 16th century in English, and older in other languages.
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http://www.quinion.com/words/qa/qa-tea1.htm >
carl
Received on Tue Apr 30 2002 - 11:02:08 BST