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    Haggard Hawks  🦅‏ @HaggardHawks 20 Nov 2019

    Some etymological stories are too long to fit into a single tweet, so here’s a quick story about how one man’s awkward encounter with Thomas Jefferson sparked a massively popular 19th century catchphrase. 1/9pic.twitter.com/gt0Z5v84uf

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      2. Haggard Hawks  🦅‏ @HaggardHawks 20 Nov 2019

        Sometime around 1805, a few months into his second term as president, Jefferson was out riding near his home in Virginia when he happened to bump into another man on horseback, who accompanied him the rest the way. 2/9

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      3. Haggard Hawks  🦅‏ @HaggardHawks 20 Nov 2019

        The man, it soon emerged, was a staunch Federalist, vehemently opposed to Jefferson’s government and its politics. Unfortunately for him, he failed to recognise that his new riding companion was—er, the President of the United States. 3/9

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      4. Haggard Hawks  🦅‏ @HaggardHawks 20 Nov 2019

        As a result, he began badmouthing the president and his entire administration as the pair casually rode along together, side by side. Throughout it all, Jefferson remained quiet. 4/9

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      5. Haggard Hawks  🦅‏ @HaggardHawks 20 Nov 2019

        Eventually, they arrived back at Jefferson’s home, at which point the president—unfazed by his companion’s insults and opinions—invited him in for a drink. The man happily agreed, and asked for his new friend’s name so that he could thank him personally for his hospitality. 5/9

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      6. Haggard Hawks  🦅‏ @HaggardHawks 20 Nov 2019

        “Thomas Jefferson,” the President replied. The man paused. “Well,” he said finally. “My name is Haines.” And with that, he galloped away as fast as his horse could take him. 6/9

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      7. Haggard Hawks  🦅‏ @HaggardHawks 20 Nov 2019

        Jefferson reportedly relished this anecdote, and told it often. And, as it became better known, it established “My name is Haines” as a hugely popular catchphrase in American slang, dropped into conversation when someone needs to leave somewhere quickly or unexpectedly. 7/9

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      8. Haggard Hawks  🦅‏ @HaggardHawks 20 Nov 2019

        “There are thousands of people in this country who make use of the common expression ‘My name is Haines,’” explained one newspaper report in 1840, adding that it “enjoys a popularity which no other cant phrase has ever attained.” 8/9pic.twitter.com/fE9geELKg6

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      9. Haggard Hawks  🦅‏ @HaggardHawks 20 Nov 2019

        Alas, it wasn’t to last. By the late 1800s, the popularity of ‘My name is Haines’ had dwindled, and by the turn of the century it had all but disappeared from the language. Today, it survives only in the pages of the dictionary. Unless anyone really feels like reviving it… 9/9

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      1. Zippyman818‏ @zippyman818 20 Nov 2019
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        "My name is Haines." From "Southern Backwoods Diction 1829-1840" page 188. University of Chicago, Doctor of Philosophy thesis, 1930, by Mitford McLeod Mathews.pic.twitter.com/MJn9kesbff

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      2. Just a Bicho‏ @justabicho 20 Nov 2019
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        It would appear that we use "I have to go see a man about a dog" in cases like this and I, for one, prefer that.

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      3. The Mongols‏ @TheMongols_ 20 Nov 2019
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        AV GOON TAK TH' DOG FOOR WAK.pic.twitter.com/TJxp0OIAaE

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