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Ron Goldstein · 21-08-2008, 06:42 AM

Good thinking Drew

A fascinating subject and one could do a lot worse than start off with The Phrase Finder, found at:
Re: Gone for a Burton
which at least gives plenty of options for the origin of many well known phrases.

As this site is supposed to be based on ww2 items I started by looking up the origin of "Gone for a Burton".

I won't spoil it for you...... go to the site and read all about it for yourselves

Cheers

Ron

21-08-2008, 06:42 AM	#3 (permalink)
Ron Goldstein WW2 Veteran Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: London, England Posts: 929	Good thinking Drew A fascinating subject and one could do a lot worse than start off with The Phrase Finder, found at: Re: Gone for a Burton which at least gives plenty of options for the origin of many well known phrases. As this site is *supposed* to be based on ww2 items I started by looking up the origin of "Gone for a Burton". I won't spoil it for you...... go to the site and read all about it for yourselves Cheers Ron __________________ If I am not for myself, then who will be for me? And if I am only for myself, what am I? And if not now, when? Rabbi Hillel circa 30 BCE I was "Called-up" in Oct 1942 Served as a Wireless-Op with the 49th LAA (78 Div) from Apr 1943 to Dec 1944 (North Africa,Sicily,Italy, Egypt). The Regiment was disbanded in Dec 1944 and I was retrained (in Italy) by the Royal Armoured Corps. Served as a Loader-Op with the 4th QOH from Mar 1945 to Jan 1946 (Italy, Austria, Germany) Finished up as Tech Cpl for "A" Sqdrn. I was "De-mobbed" in Apr 1947 Last edited by Ron Goldstein; 21-08-2008 at 06:43 AM. Reason: Typos