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SpongeBarb Posted 20 years ago
Vocabulary
different strokes
Does 'Different strokes for different folks' originated from the 1978 American sitcom Different Strokes?
Originally 'stroke' was in reference to 'a movement', 'the manner of this movement' or 'a single mark make by a writing' (all definitions of stroke from dictionary)?
Thanks.
Originally 'stroke' was in reference to 'a movement', 'the manner of this movement' or 'a single mark make by a writing' (all definitions of stroke from dictionary)?
Thanks.
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hm, seems to have originated in a sitcom indeed, I found this reference:
As the sitcom goes "different strokes for different folks."
As the sitcom goes "different strokes for different folks."
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It was around before that and was chosen for the sitcom title because of its meaning, but it seems noone is too sure where it comes from.
DIFFERENT STROKES FOR DIFFERENT FOLKS - "The approach to different people should be individualized. The proverb also means that different people have different tastes. Nobody knows exactly where the saying comes from. Wolfgang Mieder thinks it originate
DIFFERENT STROKES FOR DIFFERENT FOLKS - "The approach to different people should be individualized. The proverb also means that different people have different tastes. Nobody knows exactly where the saying comes from. Wolfgang Mieder thinks it originate
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Perhaps I've seen Die Fledermaus too many times, I prefer "Chacon a son gout." (Sorry, I don't know how to make the accents.)
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