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How the Phrase Red Herring Came to Mean Something That is Misleading (2017x126)

Fecha de emisión: May 22, 2017

→Subscribe for new videos every day! https://www.youtube.com/user/TodayIFoundOut?sub_confirmation=1 →How "Dick" came to be short for 'Richard': https://youtu.be/BH1NAwwKtcg?list=PLR0XuDegDqP2Acy6g9Ta7hzC0Rr3RDS6q Never run out of things to say at the water cooler with TodayIFoundOut! Brand new videos 7 days a week! More from TodayIFoundOut What is a Tarnation https://youtu.be/DrBOJOUN3Sc?list=PLR0XuDegDqP3-uys3Rl2dvdsFkk96zRbt Why is There an R in "Mrs" When It's Pronounced "Misses"? https://youtu.be/PoUC22qR3Lk?list=PLR0XuDegDqP3-uys3Rl2dvdsFkk96zRbt In this video: Meaning a distraction or false trail, the expression “red herring” has been relatively commonly used for the last two centuries, and its origins do, in fact, begin with a rust-colored fish. However, until quite recently, the accepted origins of red herring were themselves a false trail. Want the text version?: http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2016/05/origins-phrase-red-herring/ Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/And_Then_There_Were_None http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=red+herring http://www.worldwidewords.org/articles/herring.htm http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/red-herring.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_herring#History_of_the_idiom http://www.culinarylore.com/food-history:origin-of-red-herring-expression http://english.stackexchange.com/questions/30239/where-does-the-phrase-red-herring-come-from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_herring https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Cobbett http://www.oed.com/ Image Credit: https://www.bigstockphoto.com/ru/image-108935603/stock-photo-smoked-whole-herring-fish https://www.bigstockphoto.com/ru/image-155171915/stock-photo-closeup-of-smoked-fresh-fish-in-smokehouse https://www.bigstockphoto.com/ru/image-155775143/stock-photo-set-of-smoked-fish-in-a-tin-pan-smoked-mackerel https://www.bigstockphoto.com/ru/image-178447525/stock-photo-cross-breed-of-hunting-and-northern-dog-seeking-for-sce