6 Phrases That Were Once Objects in a Print Shop
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Discover the surprising print shop origins behind 6 everyday English phrases. Learn how typesetting and printing presses gave us idioms like 'mind your p's and q's' and 'out of sorts'. Chapters: 00:00 Words You Could Hold 00:16 Set in Lead 00:26 The Sort 00:42 The Real Origin 00:58 The Typesetter's Drill 01:14 More from the Shop 01:28 Hot Off the Press 01:44 Solid Pages 02:00 Stamped Out 02:16 Shift Key Legacy Sources & further reading: • Oxford English Dictionary (OED) — https://www.oed.com • British Library - Printing and the Book Trade — https://www.bl.uk • Encyclopaedia Britannica - Stereotype (printing) — https://www.britannica.com • Joseph Moxon, Mechanick Exercises (1683) — Early manual on printing that describes the use of upper and lower cases. • Thomas Dekker, Satiromastix (1602) — Play containing the earliest known printed use of 'mind your Ps and Qs'. • The Phrase Finder — https://www.phrases.org.uk
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