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From: W S Potter <wester6935@attbi.com>
Date: Fri, 28 Dec 2001 08:41:36 -0800
To: Dan Warner <dwarner@electrorent.com>
Subject: Re: rail bird
According to Karl Young, an English professor in a class I took in college,
the term came out of horse racing in the mid 1800's. As I remember the
original term was used for those who sat on the rail fences around the
track.
Obviously the usage continued over to motorsports after the automobile was
invented.
Wes
on 12/28/01 5:46 AM, Dan Warner at dwarner@electrorent.com wrote:
> I think this got started at the Indy 500, a "Rail Bird" is a race fan that
> is leaning as close to the rail (and action) as possible. Bob in Connecticut
> **************************
>
> If I remember correctly my dad referred to "rail birds" as someone with lots
> of opinions and no experience. Especially at Indy.
>
> Dan Warner
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