Comment by milesrout 10 months ago It doesn't even originate in the US, mate. 5 comments milesrout Reply tdb7893 10 months ago As far as I can tell it probably is American, all the earliest mentions of it on Wikipedia are American.https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thin_blue_line milesrout 10 months ago [flagged] adastra22 10 months ago The British sitcom is far after the coinage and adoption of the phrase in the US. You’ve got the causality backwards. tdb7893 10 months ago You have access to Google, if you think Wikipedia is wrong you can find another source. Don't just pretend you know the etymology of the word better while presenting literally no evidence though please. adastra22 10 months ago It did though? First attested reference was to the US army, then to various police departments including the (infamously corrupt) LAPD.
tdb7893 10 months ago As far as I can tell it probably is American, all the earliest mentions of it on Wikipedia are American.https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thin_blue_line milesrout 10 months ago [flagged] adastra22 10 months ago The British sitcom is far after the coinage and adoption of the phrase in the US. You’ve got the causality backwards. tdb7893 10 months ago You have access to Google, if you think Wikipedia is wrong you can find another source. Don't just pretend you know the etymology of the word better while presenting literally no evidence though please.
milesrout 10 months ago [flagged] adastra22 10 months ago The British sitcom is far after the coinage and adoption of the phrase in the US. You’ve got the causality backwards. tdb7893 10 months ago You have access to Google, if you think Wikipedia is wrong you can find another source. Don't just pretend you know the etymology of the word better while presenting literally no evidence though please.
adastra22 10 months ago The British sitcom is far after the coinage and adoption of the phrase in the US. You’ve got the causality backwards.
tdb7893 10 months ago You have access to Google, if you think Wikipedia is wrong you can find another source. Don't just pretend you know the etymology of the word better while presenting literally no evidence though please.
adastra22 10 months ago It did though? First attested reference was to the US army, then to various police departments including the (infamously corrupt) LAPD.
As far as I can tell it probably is American, all the earliest mentions of it on Wikipedia are American.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thin_blue_line
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The British sitcom is far after the coinage and adoption of the phrase in the US. You’ve got the causality backwards.
You have access to Google, if you think Wikipedia is wrong you can find another source. Don't just pretend you know the etymology of the word better while presenting literally no evidence though please.
It did though? First attested reference was to the US army, then to various police departments including the (infamously corrupt) LAPD.