Comments on: The Post Office is Kitty-corner to the Court House http://www.dailywritingtips.com/the-post-office-is-kitty-corner-to-the-court-house/ Thu, 18 Mar 2010 23:51:35 -0500 hourly 1 By: Daniel Quall King http://www.dailywritingtips.com/the-post-office-is-kitty-corner-to-the-court-house/comment-page-1/#comment-193551 Daniel Quall King Sun, 18 Oct 2009 09:49:16 +0000 http://www.dailywritingtips.com/?p=2878#comment-193551 Regarding "cater-cornered": Another interesting expression is "newt-shot". It's British engineering jargon for "cross-threaded", or any three-dimensional, diagonally misfitting object like a cross-threaded bottle cap. Regarding “cater-cornered”:

Another interesting expression is “newt-shot”. It’s British engineering jargon for “cross-threaded”, or any three-dimensional, diagonally misfitting object like a cross-threaded bottle cap.

]]> By: cmdweb http://www.dailywritingtips.com/the-post-office-is-kitty-corner-to-the-court-house/comment-page-1/#comment-174005 cmdweb Tue, 25 Aug 2009 09:44:54 +0000 http://www.dailywritingtips.com/?p=2878#comment-174005 It's the first time I've heard it as well. It's certainly not used in the UK very much. Possibly a North Americanism? It’s the first time I’ve heard it as well. It’s certainly not used in the UK very much. Possibly a North Americanism?

]]> By: Isherwood http://www.dailywritingtips.com/the-post-office-is-kitty-corner-to-the-court-house/comment-page-1/#comment-173540 Isherwood Mon, 24 Aug 2009 16:38:21 +0000 http://www.dailywritingtips.com/?p=2878#comment-173540 I love learning of the origins of obscure words. This article brought to mind "cattywompus", or kittywompus, which undoubtedly has similar origins. http://www.definition-of.com/cattywompus I love learning of the origins of obscure words. This article brought to mind “cattywompus”, or kittywompus, which undoubtedly has similar origins.

http://www.definition-of.com/cattywompus

]]> By: nutmeag http://www.dailywritingtips.com/the-post-office-is-kitty-corner-to-the-court-house/comment-page-1/#comment-173032 nutmeag Sun, 23 Aug 2009 15:54:21 +0000 http://www.dailywritingtips.com/?p=2878#comment-173032 Here in Texas I'm used to hearing catty-corner(ed). Here in Texas I’m used to hearing catty-corner(ed).

]]> By: spike1 http://www.dailywritingtips.com/the-post-office-is-kitty-corner-to-the-court-house/comment-page-1/#comment-171978 spike1 Fri, 21 Aug 2009 16:25:50 +0000 http://www.dailywritingtips.com/?p=2878#comment-171978 Hmmm... This is the first time I've ever heard of this phrase... Is it an americo-centric one? Hmmm…
This is the first time I’ve ever heard of this phrase…

Is it an americo-centric one?

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