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Subject: sayings
Category: Reference, Education and News
Asked by: ddavidd-ga
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Posted: 23 Apr 2005 11:27 PDT
Expires: 23 May 2005 11:27 PDT
Question ID: 513135
origin of "up & adam"
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Subject: Re: sayings
From: pinkfreud-ga on 23 Apr 2005 11:48 PDT
 
Here's a bit about the origin of a sound-alike phrase:

"Q. Where'd we get the phrase 'Up and at 'em!'?

A. From the Duke of Wellington's battle order at Waterloo: 'Up,
guards, and at 'em.' Many a quotation survives, but few survive
intact."

http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/montereyherald/living/8347526.htm
Subject: Re: sayings
From: myoarin-ga on 23 Apr 2005 14:24 PDT
 
That sound authoritative, but I bet there is no contemporary report
from the early  19th century that quoted the Great Duke with the
contraction.
I was going to suggest that it was said the very first time the huddle
was used in football, but, of course, I have no reference for that
either.
Subject: Re: sayings
From: ddavidd-ga on 24 Apr 2005 14:40 PDT
 
Thanks! that is the answer

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