RE: What Do You Know Today That You Didn't Know Yesterday?
October 26, 2019 at 7:48 pm
(This post was last modified: October 26, 2019 at 7:49 pm by BrianSoddingBoru4.)
In the 1880s, the centre of the UK flax industry was in Dundee, Scotland. The men who combed out the flax before it was spun were called 'hacklers', from the comb - a hackle - that was used. A tradition grew up in the flax works that one man would read out the daily newspapers to the others. This - expectedly - caused disagreements among the workers that frequently devolved into shouting at each other and sometimes came to blows, interrupting the work.
Thus, any person who attempted to derail a speaker with loud, boisterous interruptions became synonymous with the behaviour at the flax works, and these people were also called 'hacklers', which eventually devolved into 'hecklers'.
Boru
Thus, any person who attempted to derail a speaker with loud, boisterous interruptions became synonymous with the behaviour at the flax works, and these people were also called 'hacklers', which eventually devolved into 'hecklers'.
Boru
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