[Leica] bra size and mortality.

[neil.beddoe at raidllp.com (Neil Beddoe)]

Marc James Small wrote:

"Your rather insensitive and, well, passe, remark caused me to respond.
I wasn't picking a fight with you, BD.  I was picking a fight with the
thoughtlessness of the use of "persuasion" to describe a physical
reality. That "persuasion" languages dates from the 1930's and before,
and was a weak thing even then and it was a part of the social divisions
of that era..""

According to the OED the first documented use of this form in English
dates from 1588 and was originally used to refer to Roman Catholics.
Given the religious climate at the time, I don't think it was used
affectionately.  The first use listed in the OED applying in this
context is Trollope in 1862 when he refers to "the Hebrew Persuasion".
I don't have the context so I don't know if it was derogatory or not.






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