2006-10-22 02:12:21 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Other - Arts & Humanities
calm down gentlemen, i was thinking about it because i saw "the untouchables" yesterday.
anyway, in the ghetto they do say it huh?
2006-10-22 02:17:07 · update #1
cause beef is tough and chewy
2006-10-22 02:14:30 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hi. The answer is because in the Royal Navy beef was rarely served and then only on special occasions for the average sailors. It was also common on those same occasions to relax the rum ration so drunkenness was also common. Therefore, sailors would fight over who got the biggest and best portions of the prized beef, hence the association with having a row.
2006-10-22 02:16:55 · answer #2 · answered by Isis 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
that was decided during the council of trent. many cardinals and bishops argued over this, it was a month long symposium. The countryside was sorely taxed, taking care of the personal needs of these great men. Several were executed in the process but in the end, nodding came to mean "yes" and the side to side motion came to mean "no". The extent of conviction was indicated by the vigorousness of the movement. If someone asked you if you wanted cream in your coffee, and you did, you were supposed to bob your head up and down rapidly, even VIOLENTLY at least eight times.
2016-03-28 03:57:21 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have never heard anyone say anything that relates to beef or a row
2006-10-22 02:15:17 · answer #4 · answered by the_High_Schooler 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Vive Zidane
2006-10-22 02:24:13 · answer #5 · answered by Le Duke de la nuke 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Dont you mean "Why do we say beef when we mean a Cow" A Cow only becomes Beef after it has been slaughtered.
2006-10-22 02:15:17 · answer #6 · answered by spensmum 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To the answerers who are picking on this guy: What's your beef?
2006-10-22 02:21:25 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
We don't, what is this, 1947? I gotta beef wit ya, Mac, yea, see?
We dont' say a row either, wow.
2006-10-22 02:14:43 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
BEEF IS TOUGH, a row/ confrontation can just as tough. LF
2006-10-22 02:21:20 · answer #9 · answered by lefang 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This might interest you.
http://www.texas-brigade.com/slang.htm
2006-10-22 02:41:33 · answer #10 · answered by NANCY K 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋