Date:  Tue, 6 Feb 1996 10:29:28 CST

From:  "Donald M. Lance" <ENGDL[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]MIZZOU1.MISSOURI.EDU>

Subject: Re: spitten image [was: The skinny on PROVE]



Could "spitten image" have originated as a reference to ejaculate rather

than to saliva/sputum?  Seems as though I once heard someone offer that

etymology. Later "transformations" of the term were needed for spitten

images of mothers to occur.      DMLance