Fun Fact December 23, 2021.

Have you ever watched an old western and heard a character say “I don’t cotton to no….” fill in the blank.  Have you ever cottoned to something?  You probably have, but didn’t realize it.  As early as 1648, in a pamphlet mocking the English parliament, the royalist soldier and poet Sir George Wharton used ‘cotton’, or as it was spelled then ‘cotten’, as a verb meaning ‘to make friendly advances’. ‘Cotten up to’ and ‘cotten to’ were both used to mean ‘become friendly with’.  If you cotton up to something you agree with what is being presented or the person presenting it.   Listen to the podcast here;  https://theriver953.com/lonnies-fun-fact/  

Fun Fact December 23, 2021.
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