100s of origins!
Posted by James Briggs on February 13, 2000
In Reply to: 100s of origins! posted by ESC on February 12, 2000
: : : If you look on my web page - www.madasafish.com/ ~jbriggs you will find several hundred origins that I have traced over the years. In spite of this effort there are still some I don't know! Feel free to browse.
: : Well, I did visit, and the first phrase I looked up "an axe to grind" identified Ben Franklin as a U.S. President. Better fact-checking needed?
: Well, Ben shoulda been.
Thanks! Corrected and story ammended significantly following more research into its origin, but not into US Presidents!