[Off-topic] Re: [Live-devel] Request Headers in RTSP:SPEED Speed-upDelivery

[erick.van.rijk at philips.com]

You're right, I'm sorry I ever asked :D









"Dermot McGahon" <dermot at dspsrv.com>
Sent by: 
live-devel-bounces at ns.live.com
2004-11-23 06:37 PM
Please respond to "LIVE.COM Streaming Media - development & use"
 
        To:     "LIVE.COM Streaming Media - development & use" 
<live-devel at ns.live.com>
        cc:     (bcc: Erick van Rijk/EHV/PDSL/PHILIPS)
        Subject:        [Off-topic] Re: [Live-devel] Request Headers in 
RTSP:SPEED      Speed-upDelivery
        Classification: 




On Tue, 23 Nov 2004 18:03:13 +0100, <erick.van.rijk at philips.com> wrote:

> BTW where does the expression "red herring" come from? If I remember
> correctly herring is a fish, right?

It is often impossible, at this point in history, to definitively track
down the etymology of phrases such as this. This is usually because the
reason behind the phrase made sense at the time it first came into use,
but does no longer. Only the phrase and its meaning remain.

Anyway, here is an attempt to explain this one. I suspect you will be 
sorry
you ever asked.

http://www.worldwidewords.org/articles/herring.htm



Dermot.
--
_______________________________________________
live-devel mailing list
live-devel at lists.live.com
http://lists.live.com/mailman/listinfo/live-devel

-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: http://lists.live.com/pipermail/live-devel/attachments/20041124/88e63d28/attachment.html