Talk:To eat boiled crow
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??? The phrase in the US is "to eat crow" ... in a half-century of traveling around American, I've never heard "boiled" added in. - DavidWBrooks 03:31, 9 Mar 2005 (UTC)
Not a joke. You just haven't been wandering long enough. For the past half century, the phrase has been "to eat crow". Circa 1850, "boiled" was added more often than not.
- Then perhaps the name of the article should be 'to eat crow' with a note that in the 1800s people tossed in 'boiled'. 204.69.40.7 12:21, 18 April 2006 (UTC)
[edit] "proven wrong after having strongly expressed your opinion"
Proven wrong about anything particular? Opinions are neither right nor wrong. -- Smjg 09:09, 10 May 2005 (UTC)
- It is assumed that the person putting forth the incorrect point of view does not present it as fact. That would be an example of being caught in a lie, not eating crow. To eat crow, one must voice an opinion that is later proven, to the satisfaction of the opinion holder, to be false. --skia 05:56, 18 February 2006 (UTC)
[edit] [It is well known that Crows are carriers of disease....
I removed this paragraph after not being able to confirm it with a simple web search. If it is in fact true, it should be footnoted. The only disease currently associated with crows is West Nile virus, and the expression predates WNV by many years.
[edit] Link to Crow Article
Kind of funny that an article on eating crows doesn't actually link to crows themselves, no? :) Added link to where seemed to be an appropriate location. --Shane Lawrence 06:18, 9 February 2007 (UTC)
