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Old 05-23-2001, 02:43 PM   #7
Jim ashby
Dojo: Phoenix Coventry
Location: Coventry, England
Join Date: Mar 2001
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Re: Sent to Coventry

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Originally posted by NYFE Man


Since I've taken a tangent into colloquialisms (and from your bio it looks like you might be the perfect person to ask) what is the derivation of "being sent to Coventry?" I know what it means, but where did it come from?
Hi Al,
Sent to Coventry came from the Civil war (ours of course!) when prisoners were sent to Coventry, as it was a walled city. When they arrived there was no communication with them, no-one would talk to them or even look at them. There are a lot of English colloquialisms which come from my neck of the woods, peeping tom, true blue etc.. Yours is the first reply I've had addressed to me by name, it's "kinda neat"
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