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Originally Posted by squirell nutkin
"One and the same" but "spitting image" I'd always heard was a corruption of "spirit and image"
What have you heard or read?
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Or "spit and image," which sounds like an intermediate step. See the oldfashioned phrase "the
spit of him," i.e., a very strong resemblance.
But the two get regrettably miswritten.
Bruce, how 'bout you give my ass a nice deep
baiser? I do not constitute a reason not to be a Grammar Nazi, and you can decide to stop being a putz just any second now. My being blessed with a respect for the English language is not grounds for you giving me a hard time. Had you a full measure of sense, you'd know that much. As it is...