What does the phrase mind your p’s and q’s mean and where does it come from? Trevor Bryden’s latest cartoon illustrates the origin of this phrase.
Author: Trevor Bryden
Trevor Bryden was an editorial cartoonist who ran a multi-paneled cartoon strip for a number of years that featured British Columbia’s provincial legislature. Now retired he has been indulging an interest in the evolution of words and phrases in the English language. Naturally he could not resist the temptation to illustrate some of the unusual and quirky examples in cartoon form. He is in the process of compiling a collection of “Illustrated Word and Phrase Origins” that will both inform and entertain his readers while, at the same time, stimulate an interest in the history of words.”
What makes a litter?
The word litter has a surprisingly wide range of meanings in English. Trevor Bryden illustrates how some of them came about:
Letting the cat out of the bag
We’re trying something slightly different here – a cartoon by Trevor Bryden illustrating the origin of the English phrase let the cat out of the bag. Let us know what you think!