> Rand E wrote:
> [...] We must watch our "P's & Q's". (Old English term derived
> from an innkeeper telling misbehaving patrons that they must
> watch their "Pints & Quarts" or depart the inn. )
...or, maybe, not. :-)
A website I'm quite fond of is Michael Quinion's
http://www.worldwidewords.org/ which says that the above is a
possible explanation ("The pints and quarts explanation sounds
reasonable, provided that men in bars used to drink beer by
the quart, as in fact they did"), though not definitive:
http://www.worldwidewords.org/articles/psandqs.htm
Cheers,
Marc
Sydney, Oz
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