http://blog.oup.com/2006/05/playing_fast_an/ Academic insights for the thinking world. Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:01:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 http://blog.oup.com/2006/05/playing_fast_an/#comment-295373 malcolm spencer Sun, 23 Sep 2012 21:32:44 +0000 http://216.110.190.15/2006/05/playing_fast_and_loose_with_meaning_in_the_history_of_words/#comment-295373 I was told that the phrase playing fast and loose came from archery. If the archery captain wanted the archers to stop loosing arrows he called "fast" (shortened from standfast) if someone then carried on shooting it was considered dangerous hence the saying playing fast and loose. Sounded feasible to me. I was told that the phrase playing fast and loose came from archery. If the archery captain wanted the archers to stop loosing arrows he called “fast” (shortened from standfast) if someone then carried on shooting it was considered dangerous hence the saying playing fast and loose. Sounded feasible to me.

]]> http://blog.oup.com/2006/05/playing_fast_an/#comment-233 John Sun, 04 Jun 2006 13:30:14 +0000 http://216.110.190.15/2006/05/playing_fast_and_loose_with_meaning_in_the_history_of_words/#comment-233 The story with the word fast is really intereting. So different meanings leave thogether in this one word. The story with the word fast is really intereting. So different meanings leave thogether in this one word.

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