2007-05-16 13:56:53 · 15 answers · asked by favbansing 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Quotations
I was told it the p's stand for please's... the q's stand for thankyou's as in 'kyou's
Parents would tell their children to mind thier pleases and thankyou's while visiting, but over the years it got shortened... there are other explanations for the saying, but essentially it means to watch your manners.
2007-05-16 14:01:21 · answer #1 · answered by DishclothDiaries 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
What advance into defined in school: P's = Priorities Q's = traits continuously remember which you have "priorities" in life, and the "traits" of your character will help you realize them... actual answer is: Shortening for "Pints and Quarts", that have been the two substantial measurements for beverages. while now we use pints, 0.5 pints, photos and so on, there was Pints and Quarts whilst issues have been given rowdy, as they have an inclination to do in pubs, you are able to regularly hear something like "concepts your Pints and Quarts" and a warning or some such. this advance into shortened to "concepts your P's and Q's
2016-10-05 05:21:20 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I had heard that a long time ago in England Beer was sold in containers that were close in size but one held a Pint of beer and the other one a Quart of beer. The owner of he Pub wanted to make sure the customer's got their monies worth and so did he. Every day he would tell them to watch their Pints and Quarts. Soon it was shortened to ' Watch your P's & Q's"
2007-05-16 14:10:39 · answer #3 · answered by poppawick 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is a letterpress printer's admonition because the Ps and Qs look like one another: if you're not careful putting these letters away (along with Bs and Ds) you can confuse the categories utterly. In the days of lead type (moveable), typesetting and the mistakes that followed, necessitated such admonitions to keep printed materials from being filled with typographical errors.
2007-05-16 17:36:51 · answer #4 · answered by chick2lit 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Actually, it was admonishment to sailors. They would go to pubs and get sloshed. Well, the bar tender, if he were unscrupulous, would take advantage of the drunken sailor and charge him for more beer then he had actually consumed. And since beer was served in pints and quarts sailors were reminded to "Mind their Ps and Qs" when they were land side.
2007-05-16 17:58:43 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Both the P and the Q are typed using the pinky. P by the right pinky and Q by the left. To mind your P's and Q's means to be conscious of your finger positions when typing so as not to misspell.
2007-05-21 03:26:50 · answer #6 · answered by Nir Vana 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Although this has many origins, the "best" story is given to typesetters, as the "p" and the "q" can get confused (although the "b" and the "d" suffer the same concern)
2007-05-16 14:12:41 · answer #7 · answered by Experto Credo 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Early typesetters were admonished to pay attention to the letters "p & q" since they lookes similar, each having a tail
2007-05-16 14:00:31 · answer #8 · answered by scorpiogirl1117 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
the original saying was "mind your pints and quarts." i believe it came from english ship captains reminding their sailors not to get too wasted.
2007-05-23 01:43:04 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pints and quarts....from the early pubs. They had to be sure to use the right size containers.
2007-05-16 14:05:04 · answer #10 · answered by Joseph F 5 · 4⤊ 0⤋