2006-07-18 02:53:50 · 6 answers · asked by henny 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Quotations
Sod is the abbreviation of sodomite derived from Sodom and Gomorrah in the Bible.
Used as an abusive term, 'Sod' was literally accusing the victim of the abuse as one practising buggery.
This where the 'wrong' comes into the saying of Sod's Law.
Sod's Law states that if anything can go wrong it will.
2006-07-19 03:52:50 · answer #1 · answered by CurlyQ 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Murphy's Law or Sod's Law?
While I admit that the name of Murphy's laws is a pleasant one as is the story of how it came to light, but the original name for 'if anything can go wrong it will' was sod's law because it would happen to any poor sod who needed such a catastrophic event the least. It also removes the ability to say "I coined this phrase!" because sod's law has been around long before any living man and has existed in many forms for hundreds of years. In the English County of Yorkshire I know it to have been around for generations because it has been passed through several Yorkshire families I know. But this original name is dying out because sod over here is a cursory so is not used much.
2006-07-18 10:13:14 · answer #2 · answered by philk_ca 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is just an inadequate "swearing" version of Murphy's Law which is basically "If anything can go wrong, it will." The are lots of corollaries which can be found in the book "Murphy's Law" by Colin Bateman.
2006-07-18 10:03:19 · answer #3 · answered by seawarrior_uk 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Good question.I have no idea.I can only think that its to do with"what a sod of a thing to happen"
2006-07-18 09:58:47 · answer #4 · answered by Julie 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
cause there is sod all you can do about it!!
2006-07-18 10:05:17 · answer #5 · answered by pip 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
um, here it's also known as Murphy's law. whatever can go wrong, will go wrong!
2006-07-18 10:00:58 · answer #6 · answered by fae 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋