▲ 211 ▼ Sphericowl (quokk.au) submitted 5 days ago by CobraCommander [A] to c/science_memes 17 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] jaybone@lemmy.zip 3 points 5 days ago (3 children) How now? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] degen@midwest.social 2 points 5 days ago (2 children) Where tf does that phrase even come from? I've wondered since I was 5 but people just keep saying it permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] jaybone@lemmy.zip 2 points 4 days ago (1 child) https://www.youridioms.com/en/idiom/how-now-brown-cow One theory suggests that a customer at a bar in 18th-century Scotland could order a beer by saying, “How now brown cow?” to the bartender. While the term brown cow referred to a barrel of beer in Scotland, there is little evidence to support this claim Well that was pretty useless given the last sentence. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] degen@midwest.social 1 point 4 days ago Love it when the best answer is "it could be this, but it's probably bullshit" This also implies the existence of "no the now, brown cow" permalink fedilink source parent
[–] degen@midwest.social 2 points 5 days ago (2 children) Where tf does that phrase even come from? I've wondered since I was 5 but people just keep saying it permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] jaybone@lemmy.zip 2 points 4 days ago (1 child) https://www.youridioms.com/en/idiom/how-now-brown-cow One theory suggests that a customer at a bar in 18th-century Scotland could order a beer by saying, “How now brown cow?” to the bartender. While the term brown cow referred to a barrel of beer in Scotland, there is little evidence to support this claim Well that was pretty useless given the last sentence. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] degen@midwest.social 1 point 4 days ago Love it when the best answer is "it could be this, but it's probably bullshit" This also implies the existence of "no the now, brown cow" permalink fedilink source parent
[–] jaybone@lemmy.zip 2 points 4 days ago (1 child) https://www.youridioms.com/en/idiom/how-now-brown-cow One theory suggests that a customer at a bar in 18th-century Scotland could order a beer by saying, “How now brown cow?” to the bartender. While the term brown cow referred to a barrel of beer in Scotland, there is little evidence to support this claim Well that was pretty useless given the last sentence. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] degen@midwest.social 1 point 4 days ago Love it when the best answer is "it could be this, but it's probably bullshit" This also implies the existence of "no the now, brown cow" permalink fedilink source parent
[–] degen@midwest.social 1 point 4 days ago Love it when the best answer is "it could be this, but it's probably bullshit" This also implies the existence of "no the now, brown cow" permalink fedilink source parent
