Tuesday, October 23, 2007

Where does the term handicap come from?

Related to our discussion last night:

Here is the proposed change to the language used in Michigan laws. The background section (page 2) includes information on the derivation of the word "handicap". (You'll notice that I was wrong about the horse connection coming first!)

Here is the source for that information.

1 comment:

Miss Stephanie said...

I found this to be a very interesting bit. I suppose I never really thought about the derivation of this word. I didn't even know that these word choices were still in our legislation, but I never really looked that hard.