Post by chiangmai on Oct 30, 2017 6:10:15 GMT 7
Son of a Gun:
"The general idea behind this phrase can be traced back to the days of sailing ships, when the wives of sailors sometimes accompanied their husbands on long ocean voyages. As privacy was scarce aboard these ships, the story goes that if a woman gave birth during the voyage, the delivery would often take place in the most secluded place available: between the cannons on the ship's gun deck. The child's birth would then noted in the ship's log as "a son of a gun."
"The general idea behind this phrase can be traced back to the days of sailing ships, when the wives of sailors sometimes accompanied their husbands on long ocean voyages. As privacy was scarce aboard these ships, the story goes that if a woman gave birth during the voyage, the delivery would often take place in the most secluded place available: between the cannons on the ship's gun deck. The child's birth would then noted in the ship's log as "a son of a gun."
