15-09-2019, 07:34 PM
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Re: Shill
Originally Posted by Cinderella
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The politics thread in particular and some comments made.Guess that is where the term shilly-shallying originates.
Origin
mid 18th century: originally as shill I, shall I, reduplication of shall I?
Nothing to do with coin. The word shilling comes from old English "Scilling", a monetary term meaning twentieth of a pound, and from the Proto-Germanic root skiljaną meaning 'to separate, split, divide.'
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shilling
Aah, thanks Cinders. I steer well clear of those threads, so I guess that's why I didn't understand what you meant.
17-09-2019, 11:37 AM
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Re: Shill
Originally Posted by Zuleika
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I first came across it during all the internet sites discussing the missing Madeleine McCann . Shills were appointed and paid it was said by their critics to support and promote the McCann parents claim that she had been abducted .
No doubt lies put about by said critics.
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