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of the word 'Cheers'<BR>By Cloudesley, with an assist from Oxford's J.H.Marshall
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the medieval times 'cheer' meant face and by that expression or mood. Although
the phrase "makien cheres, & wrenchen mis hore" (making cheers, &
wenching miss whore)was written in 1225 ad. By the mid fourteen hundreds the
phrase "what chere be with you?" was a common greeting. At this time 'chere'
also began to mean good humour. It wasn't until 1919 that "cheers" was written a
salutation before a drink. The custom of touching glasses is recorded in the '<A
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1820<BR>(the 'Regency' period) as something done by fashionable English
gentlemen when drinking together.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV align=left><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Regards,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Doug Lamb</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV align=left><FONT size=2 face=Tahoma>From:
greenbuilding-bounces@lists.bioenergylists.org
[mailto:greenbuilding-bounces@lists.bioenergylists.org] On Behalf Of Sacie
Lambertson<BR>Sent: Thursday, March 08, 2012 11:55 PM<BR>To:
Greenbuilding<BR>Subject: [Greenbuilding] Canadian acronym
cheers<BR></FONT><BR></DIV></H1></DIV>
<DIV></DIV><FONT size=+0><FONT face=verdana,sans-serif>All, sometime in the last
month or so, someone suggested a Canadian nicely chauvinistic interpretation of
'cheers'. If anyone remembers, let us know again. My search, even in
the vaunted gmail, elicits nothing.<BR><BR>thanks,
Sacie<BR></FONT></FONT></BODY></HTML>