For years, folks have been saying "You are the spitting image of ____..." but for one Ignorantic, that saying was completely turned on its head.
Picture this...I am at a birthday party for one of my son's school friends, and one of the mothers remarks "Gurl, your son is the spit and image of you!"
Now, I know what you are thinking...maybe she said "spit'n"....Well, no...she very emphatically said "SPIT AND IMAGE" with emphasis on the "AND"...
Ignorantics are now changing ageless cliches...SMH
http://www.slate.com/content/slate/blogs/browbeat/2011/03/31/spit_and_image.html
ReplyDeleteSee that? Ignorantics is not only a forum to make light of incorrect written and oral speech, it has also become a information forum. Readers of Ignorantics are knowledgable enough about these cliches that they can research the origin of them and set us straight. Thank you "Anonymous". Now we know that "spit and image" was the origin of the term "spitting image". Furthermore, as this link suggest, upon further research, I discovered that the "spit and image" part is literally interpreted as meaning "as alike as if spit out of one's mouth". Moreover, the saying dates back to 1901 and some linguistic experts believe that the original saying was "spirit and image". Although the record has been "set straight", I hope that most of you can still see the humor and the original intent of this post.
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