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Word Fiends Have an 'Ax' to Grind
I get by with a little help from my fiends -- word fiends, that is.
In a recent column about the phrase "having an ax to grind," I axed the popular notion that Ben Franklin coined it.
An email from Sylvia Garstka explains how Franklin erroneously came to be associated with the phrase. Franklin's "Autobiography," she writes, recounts the story ...Read more







