<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">You're right, I'm sorry I ever asked
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<br><font size=1 face="sans-serif"><b>"Dermot McGahon" <dermot@dspsrv.com></b></font>
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<p><font size=1 face="sans-serif">2004-11-23 06:37 PM</font>
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<br><font size=2><tt>On Tue, 23 Nov 2004 18:03:13 +0100, <erick.van.rijk@philips.com>
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> BTW where does the expression "red herring" come from? If
I remember<br>
> correctly herring is a fish, right?<br>
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It is often impossible, at this point in history, to definitively track<br>
down the etymology of phrases such as this. This is usually because the<br>
reason behind the phrase made sense at the time it first came into use,<br>
but does no longer. Only the phrase and its meaning remain.<br>
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Anyway, here is an attempt to explain this one. I suspect you will be sorry<br>
you ever asked.<br>
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http://www.worldwidewords.org/articles/herring.htm<br>
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Dermot.<br>
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