The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #11381 Message #85634
Posted By: Penny S
10-Jun-99 - 05:12 PM
Thread Name: Misspoken, misheard, but accepted.
Subject: RE: Misspoken, misheard, but accepted.
Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable suggests that the spit part is based on the idea that what is spat out resembles the person who spat it.
Penny