2006-07-16 01:25:41 · 5 answers · asked by vtbadger 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Geography
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2006-07-16 01:33:12 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 0⤋
The sticks of the expression living out in the sticks refers to life surrounded by twigs and branches.
"The phrase is American in origin and first turned up in print in the early 1900s. The very earliest example we have is from 1905 but it is so offensively racist that we will not quote it here.
In those days, in the sticks was most frequently used in connection with baseball, as in these two passages:
I will have to slip you back to the sticks [i.e. the minor baseball leagues].
- Ring Lardner in The Saturday Evening Post, 7th March, 1914
Judge Landis... has not yet consigned Babe Ruth to oblivion for... playing in the sticks for exhibition money.
- Daily Colonist (Victoria, B.C.) 22nd October, 1921"
2006-07-16 01:44:55 · answer #2 · answered by love2travel 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Out in the sticks came from the folks who DON'T know where the town is they are trying to find that isn't on the map.
2006-07-16 01:36:40 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sticks came to mean a rural place from slang, around 1905, of "sticks" meaning trees.
2006-07-16 01:33:54 · answer #4 · answered by FCabanski 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"Out in the sticks" refers to the woods. This is unlike the city, where trees are removed and everything is covered with asphalt and cement. Most people prefer to destroy nature and surround themselves in an environment of asphalt and cement as it makes shopping easier.
2006-07-16 01:33:35 · answer #5 · answered by szydkids 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋