Thursday, August 29, 2013

cowtow/kowtow: Common Errors in English Usage Entry for Thursday, August 29, 2013

cowtow/kowtow
You can tow a cow to water, but you can’t make it drink. But the word that means bowing worshipfully before someone comes from the Chinese words for knocking one’s head on the ground, and is spelled “kowtow.”

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