On Sun, Mar 2, 2008 at 11:49 AM, David Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Here's a question about language evolution (don't look it up first). Which > is "correct": > > "Tow the line." > "Toe the line."
The latter. It's in reference to walking right up to the line and touching one's toes to it (in a literal or a figurative sense). In essence, it refers to staying within a set of boundaries, though it can imply pushing right to the edge of said boundaries while remaining technically within them. -- Brad Beyenhof http://augmentedfourth.com I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use. ~ Galileo Galilei, astronomer and physicist (1564-1642) -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
