It’s curious the way that the original British expression “beckon call” (meaning people will obey my merest gesture) has migrated to being written “beck and call” which doesn’t really make sense. The danger of homophones I suppose.
John Zakour and Scott Roberts
It’s curious the way that the original British expression “beckon call” (meaning people will obey my merest gesture) has migrated to being written “beck and call” which doesn’t really make sense. The danger of homophones I suppose.