I have heard this expression in naval settings. The keel cuts water. Could this be the origin?
Sent from my iPad On Sep 21, 2011, at 12:43 PM, "Jay Cicone" <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: I hate when people say “goal line stance” when they mean goal line stand. Really—I actually can’t stand it. From: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Helen Huntley Sent: Wednesday, September 21, 2011 12:34 PM To: <mailto:[email protected]> [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Subject: Re: [gatortalk] Re: [gatornews] Gatornews from the Miami Herald and Palm Beach Post courtesy of JunoGator It seems that misuse is the way common expressions get changed. For example, people began saying that some athlete got "untracked" to mean that he started doing well, when they meant that he got back "on track." If you think about it, untracked means you ran off the track. On Wed, Sep 21, 2011 at 11:35 AM, Woody <<mailto:[email protected]>[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: you can slice thru shaved ice. ;) On Wed, Sep 21, 2011 at 11:30 AM, John Vega <<mailto:[email protected]>[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: How does anything cut water? Is this a mixed metaphor, "hold water" and "cut <<something>>"? -Zeb On Sep 21, 2011, at 8:26 AM, JunoGator wrote: 7. The offense committed eight penalties. “Sign me up for not being happy about that, too.” Three of those were false starts. “Three line-of-scrimmage penalties at home. That doesn’t cut any water.” -- GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions 2008 National Football Champions | Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at <http://www.gatornet.us/> www.gatornet.us<http://www.gatornet.us> -- GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions 2008 National Football Champions | Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at <http://www.gatornet.us> www.gatornet.us<http://www.gatornet.us> -- Helen Huntley (727) 823-3801 <http://www.helenhuntley.com>www.helenhuntley.com<http://www.helenhuntley.com> -- GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions 2008 National Football Champions | Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at <http://www.gatornet.us> www.gatornet.us<http://www.gatornet.us> -- GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions 2008 National Football Champions | Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at <http://www.gatornet.us> www.gatornet.us<http://www.gatornet.us> -- GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions 2008 National Football Champions | Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us
