Re: [Pan-users] Re: [OT] Pan Docs 070101

[Tim Kynerd]

Graham wrote:
> On Sun, 07 Jan 2007 09:13:12 -0600
> Tim Kynerd <address@hidden> 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?
>   
Assuming you're not joking, what is meant in the cases I'm talking about 
is in fact "toe the line," which means something entirely different.