1st December 2007

Contact multiple parking space owners in one fell (foul?) swoop!

Filed under: Story, Website News — Anthony Eskinazi @ 4:23 pm

Before I actually tell you about this new feature I did some research in to where the phrase `one fell swoop` originated from. For years I thought the correct pronunciation was `In one foul swoop` and to this day always pronounce it in this way.

According to the `Phrase Finder`
Shakespeare either coined the phrase, or gave it circulation, in Macbeth, 1605:

MACDUFF: [on hearing that his family and servants have all been killed]

All my pretty ones?
Did you say all? O hell-kite! All?
What, all my pretty chickens and their dam
At one fell swoop?

I guess the way most of us are using it is a clear example of a malapropism – `a ludicrous misuse of a word, especially by confusion with one of similar sound`, which again is something I am regularly guilty of doing.

How did you think the phrase `One fell swoop` was written?

  • One fell swoop (I’m a genius) (38%, 11 Votes)
  • One fowl swoop (31%, 9 Votes)
  • One foul swoop (21%, 6 Votes)
  • I’ve never heard of this expression (10%, 3 Votes)

Total Voters: 29

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Now that the English lesson is over I thought I’d write a small post on how we will automatically suggest other parking spaces that may be of interest to you after you make that initial enquiry. It is quite self explanatory and an example is shown below. However, if you do need any help with this feature or want to suggest ways we can improve it or any other feature on our site please let us know.

Other Spaces

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