http://www.word-detective.com/2012/06/bent/ Semper Ubi Sub Ubi Wed, 20 Mar 2013 19:32:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.word-detective.com/2012/06/bent/comment-page-1/#comment-42392 Mr Funicular Thu, 02 Aug 2012 11:53:13 +0000 http://www.word-detective.com/?p=6765#comment-42392 Actually, knots are purely decorative, such as the "Turk's Head knot" you might find in the hands of a campagnologist. A knot in a rope does not attach to anything, whereas 'bends' and 'hitches' are the practical actions we do every day with strings and things ... and it would seem that bending my mind to a problem would have far more to do with 'latching on to it', than 'aiming at it' as in the bow example. Actually, knots are purely decorative, such as the “Turk’s Head knot” you might find in the hands of a campagnologist. A knot in a rope does not attach to anything, whereas ‘bends’ and ‘hitches’ are the practical actions we do every day with strings and things … and it would seem that bending my mind to a problem would have far more to do with ‘latching on to it’, than ‘aiming at it’ as in the bow example.

]]> http://www.word-detective.com/2012/06/bent/comment-page-1/#comment-41006 graham chambers Fri, 22 Jun 2012 10:09:06 +0000 http://www.word-detective.com/?p=6765#comment-41006 This must explain also why various knots, as learned in the Boy Scouts, are called "bends", as in "Sheet Bend" or "Fisherman's Bend." This must explain also why various knots, as learned in the Boy Scouts, are called “bends”, as in “Sheet Bend” or “Fisherman’s Bend.”

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