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lindylou16 | 16:38 Tue 24th Feb 2009 | Word Origins
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Where in heavens name did that saying come from.
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In other countries the word kettle can also mean a small cauldron,used for boiling or stewing,but it probably comes from a fish kettle,which is a long narrow metal cooking dish, to cook whole fish ie a salmon.
16:46 Tue 24th Feb 2009
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Not just in other countries, Vulcan. The cast iron cauldron was also known as a kettle in the UK, and its shape gives us the name for a ''kettle-drum''
10:23 Wed 25th Feb 2009
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Thx Guys I see the connection now,
13:53 Wed 25th Feb 2009

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