Thread: Silliness So what are you doing RIGHT NOW?
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Old 10-27-2009, 09:46 PM   #9008
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Originally Posted by Verencat View Post
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Square one...could the expression "being at square one" come from quilting? Or is it from Snakes and Ladders?
http://www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-bac1.htm

http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/b...are%20one.html

http://www.oed.com/bbcwords/square-new.html

None of them precludes your theory, though I think the standard phrase is "back to square one", and I'm not sure how that would apply to quilting.

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Marc
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