http://blog.oup.com/2007/04/monthly_gleanings_march_2007/ Academic insights for the thinking world. Sat, 25 May 2013 23:50:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 http://blog.oup.com/2007/04/monthly_gleanings_march_2007/#comment-279366 Calvin Warby Sun, 17 Jun 2012 20:21:33 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/2007/04/monthly_gleanings_march_2007/#comment-279366 On our yearly horseback trips when I was a boy, the narrow trails necessitated that the horses travel single file. The horses were all unfamiliar with each other. Invariably, each horse that was following another horse up the trail would repeatedly try to bite the horse in front of it on the backside. I've often wondered if horses biting when following one another may have anything to do with the word, "backbiting". On our yearly horseback trips when I was a boy, the narrow trails necessitated that the horses travel single file. The horses were all unfamiliar with each other. Invariably, each horse that was following another horse up the trail would repeatedly try to bite the horse in front of it on the backside. I’ve often wondered if horses biting when following one another may have anything to do with the word, “backbiting”.

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