Idle thought Posted on 05-Dec-2006 by Richard Carter Why doesn’t untoward mean the same as away from?
I split a mouse yesterday. No, it’s not what you’re thinking: I caught one in a trap, and the bloody thing exploded. Not nice. Not nice at all.
Wouldn’t that be untowards?
Oh, probably, but I didn’t want to pick hairs.
Sorry. I didn’t mean to split nits.
I split a mouse yesterday. No, it’s not what you’re thinking: I caught one in a trap, and the bloody thing exploded. Not nice. Not nice at all.
Logically, that must lead to ‘split hares’. Or the anarchist version ‘ split heirs’.