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Old 2004-12-15, 04:43 PM   #1
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Default It's Kitty/Catty Corner, not Kiddy Corner...

Instead of further diluting the meet thread...

Kitty-corner:
Catty-corner, or kitty-corner, is a classic example of the phenomenon known as folk-etymology. When a word or phrase makes little apparent sense, it will often mutate into a form that seems more familiar.

The term was originally catercorner. Cater is an old dialectical term for diagonal. It derives from the French quatre or four. Cater dates to the early 16th century. Since this origin is not self-evident and the term seems strange, over the years it became catty-corner or kitty-corner. Still confusing, but more familiar.
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