November 11, 2004
Interesting Trivia: Origin of Two Expressions
I was perusing the history section of the Royal Military Academy at Sandhurst website (don't ask) and I came across the following little nugget that I thought might be of interest:
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Two expressions from the old RMA [Royal Military Academy] passed into the language. "Talking Shop", meaning "to discuss subjects not understood by others", derives from the RMA being commonly known as "The Shop", as its first building was a converted workshop in Woolwich Arsenal. "Snooker", the table-top game, was invented by a former cadet of the RMA, where the members of the junior intake were known as "snookers", from a corruption of "les neux" (the new guys).
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Interesting tidbits, RP!
I just assumed you were perusing the RMA website to see where prince Harry (or is it Wills?) will be attending soon...
Posted by: GrammarQueen at November 11, 2004 03:13 PM (gDEwS)
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Nope. Actually got curious about it while reading obits on the Telegraph about old war heros.
Posted by: RP at November 11, 2004 03:24 PM (LlPKh)
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Who knew obits could be so educational!
And it is interesting. Thanks. I'm a language bug.
Posted by: Rachel Ann at November 11, 2004 04:45 PM (jsCH0)
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Well, this fact wasn't in the obits, actually. It was the obit that made me want to go find out more about Sandhurst, which is where I found this. And I know what you mean about the language thing.
Posted by: rp at November 11, 2004 04:59 PM (LlPKh)
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I still think you were just reading People magazine and wanted to find out where prince Harry was going...
(Not that there's anything wrong with that...)
Posted by: GrammarQueen at November 12, 2004 09:07 AM (gDEwS)
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