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Training up
How long has the phrase "training up" been around?
And why is it deemed necessary to add "up"?
Cheers, Sage?
And why is it deemed necessary to add "up"?
Cheers, Sage?
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Okay, so this one time? In band camp? sage was all, like: [nq:1]How long has the phrase "training up" been around?
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Okay, so this one time? In band camp? sage was all, like:
[nq:1]How long has the phrase "training up" been around? And why is it deemed necessary to add "up"?[/nq]
Never heard it...if it means what it seems to mean, the latest equivalent in this neck of the woods is "upskilling"..r
[nq:1]How long has the phrase "training up" been around? And why is it deemed necessary to add "up"?[/nq]
Never heard it...if it means what it seems to mean, the latest equivalent in this neck of the woods is "upskilling"..r
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[nq:1]How long has the phrase "training up" been around?[/nq]
About 400 years or so.
[nq:1]And why is it deemed necessary to add "up"?[/nq]
Necessity is the mother of invention.
Steve Hayes from Tshwane, South Africa
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/7734/stevesig.htm
About 400 years or so.
[nq:1]And why is it deemed necessary to add "up"?[/nq]
Necessity is the mother of invention.
Steve Hayes from Tshwane, South Africa
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/7734/stevesig.htm
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[nq:1]How long has the phrase "training up" been around? And why is it deemed necessary to add "up"?[/nq]
The original environment appears to be gardening.
Training up usually means attaching a plant to an
espalier to force it to acquire a particular shape. The word up seems needed in order to distinguish
this from other forms of training, e.g. teaching
horses and riders.
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The original environment appears to be gardening.
Training up usually means attaching a plant to an
espalier to force it to acquire a particular shape. The word up seems needed in order to distinguish
this from other forms of training, e.g. teaching
horses and riders.
S
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[nq:2]How long has the phrase "training up" been around?[/nq]
[nq:1]About 400 years or so.[/nq]
Proverbs 22:6, KJV; that's almost 500 years
[nq:2]And why is it deemed necessary to add "up"?[/nq]
That's something you should look up.
[nq:1]Necessity is the mother of invention.[/nq]
Ad if she ever catches up with the father ...
Bob Lieblich
Acting up
[nq:1]About 400 years or so.[/nq]
Proverbs 22:6, KJV; that's almost 500 years
[nq:2]And why is it deemed necessary to add "up"?[/nq]
That's something you should look up.
[nq:1]Necessity is the mother of invention.[/nq]
Ad if she ever catches up with the father ...
Bob Lieblich
Acting up
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[nq:2]About 400 years or so.[/nq]
[nq:1]Proverbs 22:6, KJV; that's almost 500 years[/nq]
According to my reckoning, it will be 400 years ago in 8 years' time.
But if they used that phrase then for translation, it must have been in use and known for some time beforehand.
Steve Hayes from Tshwane, South Africa
[nq:1]Proverbs 22:6, KJV; that's almost 500 years[/nq]
According to my reckoning, it will be 400 years ago in 8 years' time.
But if they used that phrase then for translation, it must have been in use and known for some time beforehand.
Steve Hayes from Tshwane, South Africa
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[nq:2]Proverbs 22:6, KJV; that's almost 500 years[/nq]
[nq:1]According to my reckoning, it will be 400 years ago in 8 years' time. But if they used that phrase then for translation, it must have been in use and known for some time beforehand.[/nq]
My vorpal sword recently damaged one of my fingers and I just can't count the way I useta.
I'd claim I was obliquely referring to Tyndale, b
[nq:1]According to my reckoning, it will be 400 years ago in 8 years' time. But if they used that phrase then for translation, it must have been in use and known for some time beforehand.[/nq]
My vorpal sword recently damaged one of my fingers and I just can't count the way I useta.
I'd claim I was obliquely referring to Tyndale, b
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[nq:1]Hey, it's 4:30 a.m. as I write this and I can't get back to sleep. Have some pity.[/nq]
Why? I'm usually at it(1) about that time of a morn and I get no roses, even for the funny bits I print to leave for Jeanne.
(1) Hint. "It" occasionally requires a printer.
wrmst rgrds
Robin Bignall
Quiet part of Hertfordshire
England
Why? I'm usually at it(1) about that time of a morn and I get no roses, even for the funny bits I print to leave for Jeanne.
(1) Hint. "It" occasionally requires a printer.
wrmst rgrds
Robin Bignall
Quiet part of Hertfordshire
England
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