Re: Languages Evolve in Punctuational Bursts

In the 1880s, house had smoking rooms and trains had
smoking cars. Smoking was a men's thing back in the
day, I guess women were smarter then. So in polite
society a smoking jacket was what you wore to hang
with the homies, to go to the men's club, etc. I
suppose it was considered a more masculine version of
dress clothes. I think it was essentially a frac with
the tails cut off.


--- "fournet.arnaud" <fournet.arnaud@...>
wrote:

>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Rick McCallister
>
> Smoking is from "smoking jacket", American English
> "tuxedo" --I guess in the day you had to dress up
> for
> a date with lung cancer.
> ==========
> smoking jacket for smoking
> I trust you, (of course !) but
> I'm interesting in a reference
> if you don't mind
>
> what is the reason why it should be
> a *smoking* jacket ?
>
> Arnaud
> ===================
>
>

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