This was a fun P&C episode. We did some research into the possible origins of various phrases people use all the time.
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This was a fun P&C episode. We did some research into the possible origins of various phrases people use all the time.
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“Augapfel” in German simply means “eyeball.” Perhaps “you are the apple of my eye” comes from the notion of you being as close to me as my eyeball is to my eye. Something like that.
Interesting. German had a big influence on English.
My “I.”