Wiktionary gaff gaffe Gaff may refer to Pole shaped devices Fishing gaff , a pole used in fishing Gaff or hakapik , used as a seal hunting weapon Gaff rig A Fore and aft rig fore and aft sailing arrangement where the sail is held up by a spar called a gaff Ankle worn devices Cockfighting Regional variations Gaff , spurs in variations of cockfighting Utility poles Access Gaff , a means of access to utility poles in climbing Other Gaff , meaning a place of residence, often used in British and Irish slang. List of minor characters in Blade Runner GaffGaff , fictional character in the film Blade Runner Penny gaff , 19th century English variety show Operation Gaff , 1944 military mission of assassination Gaff or Cache sexe , an item worn as means of concealing male genitals when wearing traditionally female clothing AMBER Parameter sets GAFF , generalized AMBER force field in molecular simulation program See also Gaff tape or gaffer tape , a form of sticky tape Gaffe , an embarrassing error Gaffer disambiguation Gaff art , another term for graffiti gaf an Arabic letter disambig ... more details
Infobox album See Wikipedia WikiProject Albums Name Howl Howl GaffGaff Type studio Artist Shout Out Louds Cover Howlhowlgaffgaff Scandinavia.jpg Caption Cover of the original 2003 Scandinavian release Released October 1, 2003 Recorded Rockfield Studio, Monmouth and Sawmills Studio, Cornwall 2003 Genre Indie rock , indie pop Length 40 22 small Scandinavian version small br 44 05 small international version small Label Bud Fox Recordings Bud Fox Producer Ronald Bood Reviews Allmusic Rating 4 5 Allmusic class album id r741185 pure url yes link Pitchfork Media 6.9 10 http www.pitchforkmedia.com article record review 22271 howl howl gaffgaff link Rolling Stone Rating 3.5 5 http www.rollingstone.com artists shoutoutlouds albums album 7207992 review 7471730 howl howl gaffgaff link TheMusicZine Rating 4 5 http themusiczine.com album.php?id 15 link Last album This album Howl Howl GaffGaff br 2003 Next album Our Ill Wills br 2007 Misc Extra album cover Upper caption Alternative cover Type studio Cover Howl howl gaff gaff.jpg Lower caption Cover of the international release The debut full length album from Sweden Swedish band Shout Out Louds . The original version released in Scandinavia n countries on October 1, 2003 contained a slightly different track listing from the international release. Their website advertises the international version as being A collection of songs from all our Scandinavian releases. Everything from plastic to vinyl. The international version was released on May 24, 2005 in the United States and Canada . Followed by the releases in Japan on June 13, 2005 and the rest of the World in September 2005. Track listing Scandinavian release 2003 Tracklisting title1 The Comeback length1 2 46 title2 Very Loud length2 4 04 title3 Shut Your Eyes length3 3 09 title4 Please Please Please length4 3 29 title5 There s Nothing length5 3 34 title6 Sound Is the Word length6 ... stub hu Howl Howl GaffGaff sv Howl Howl GaffGaff ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 Image Gaff.jpg thumb 250px right Image Fishing with gaff hook.png thumb 250px RIGHT Fishing with gaff hook In fishing , a gaff is a pole with a sharp hook on the end that is used to stab a large fish and then lift the fish into the boat. Ideally, the hook is placed under the Vertebral column backbone . Gaffs are used when the weight of the fish exceeds the breaking point of the fishing line or the fishing pole . A gaff cannot be used if it is intended to release the fish unharmed after capture, unless the fish is skilfully gaffed in the lip, jaw, or lower gill using a thin gaff hook. A flying gaff is a specialized type of gaff used for securing and controlling very large fish. The hook part of the gaff the head detaches when sufficient force is used, somewhat like a Harpoon harpoon s dart. The head is secured to the boat with a length of heavy rope or cable. Fishing rod topics Fisheries and fishing DEFAULTSORT Fishing Gaff Category Recreational fishing Category Fishing equipment Category Nautical terms de Gaff io Gafo no Klepp redskap nn Klepp ... more details
A gaff vang is a line on a gaff rig sailboat used to exert lateral force on the gaff and thus control the shape of the sail. Rarely used now they are commonly shown on old pictures and drawings. Typically separate port and starboard vangs were fitted. The primary purpose of the gaff vang is to reduce the twist in the sail caused by the boom sagging away to leeward ref name hrs Cunliffe, Tom 1992 . Hand, Reef and Steer, Adlard Coles Nautical, London, page 26. ref . This sag is the main cause of the gaff rig s poor performance to windward relative to the Bermuda rig . The gaff vang works well on a ketch or schooner, but is often found to be unleadable on a cutter ref name hrs Another use of the gaff vangs was to steady the gaff on a boomless gaff rig like a bawley when the sail is brailed up. A rope or tackle extended from the boom of a fore and aft mainsail to a deck fitting of a vessel when running, in order to keep the boom from riding up ref vang. Dictionary.com. Collins English Dictionary Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition. HarperCollins Publishers. http dictionary.reference.com browse vang accessed September 04, 2010 . ref References references Sail Types DEFAULTSORT Gaff Vang Category Sailing rigs and rigging Category Ship construction Category Sailboat anatomy Category Sailing ship elements Category Nautical terms ... more details
File Clearwater.jpg thumb right 240px Large gaff rigged mainsail on the sloop Hudson River Sloop Clearwater Clearwater Gaff rig ref cite web url http www.frankhagan.com weekender gaffhaly.htm title The Gaff ... pole called the gaff . The gaff enables a fore and aft sail to be four sided, rather than triangular ... is used in the particular rig . Additionally, for any given area of sail, the gaff rig will have a lower Heeling sailing heeling moment than a triangular sail. A sail hoisted from a gaff is called a gaffrigged sail. Description Gaff rig remains the most popular rig for schooner and barquentine ... rigged vessel are always gaff rigged. On other rigs, particularly the sloop , ketch and yawl , gaff ... to being simpler than the gaff rig, usually allows boats to sail closer to the direction the wind is coming from. The gaff is hoisted by two halyard s Image Mainsail edges.png thumb right 200px Halyards and edges on a gaff rigged sail The throat halyard lifts the end closer to the mast and bears .... Additionally, a gaff vang may be fitted. It is a line attached to the end of the gaff which prevents the gaff from sagging downwind. Gaff vangs are difficult to rig on the aft most sail, so are typically ... and aft sail called a gaff topsail may be carried between the gaff and the topmast or the gaff and a Topsail Gaff rig jack yard . Gunter Gunter rigged boats are similar, smaller vessels on which the gaff is raised by a single halyard running on a wire gunter. On these rigs the gaff may be very nearly vertical and a topsail is never carried. Another variation is a gaff with no halyard. One end of the spar is attached to the peak of the sail and the gaff is hoist until it tensions the head and leach ... Gaff rigged schooner J. & E. Riggin schooner J. & E. Riggin . Her sails, from left to right, are jib , staysail , gaff foresail, gaff mainsail, and, above that, a main topsail gaff topsail File Bermudianised Gaff Rig.jpg A near vertical gaff allows this boat to carry a triangular sail that is similar ... more details
Infobox MLB player image width 150 name Brent Gaff position Pitcher birthdate birth date and age 1958 10 5 birthplace Fort Wayne, Indiana bats Right throws Right debutdate July 7 debutyear 1982 debutteam New York Mets finaldate September 30 finalyear 1984 finalteam New York Mets stat1label Win loss record stat1value 4 5 stat2label Strikeout s stat2value 60 stat3label Earned run average stat3value 4.06 teams nowiki nowiki New York Mets by 1982 by 1984 highlights Brent Allen Gaff born October 5, 1958 in Fort Wayne, Indiana is a former United States American professional baseball player who played for the New York Mets from 1982&ndash 84. Gaff was born in Fort Wayne, Indiana and attended Churubusco High School in Churubusco, Indiana . He was drafted by the New York Mets in 6th the round 146th overall of the 1977 Major League Baseball Draft . He was 23 years old when he broke into the big leagues on July 7, 1982, with the New York Mets. Gaff missed the entire 1985 season due to a partial tear of the rotator cuff in his right shoulder, and was released by the Mets in November of that year. References Baseballstats mlb espn br g gaffbr01 fangraphs cube g brent gaff brm http www.baseball almanac.com players player.php?p gaffbr01 Brent Gaff Stats Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Gaff, Brent ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH October 5, 1958 PLACE OF BIRTH Fort Wayne, Indiana DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Gaff, Brent Category 1958 births Category Living people Category Major League Baseball pitchers Category New York Mets players Category Tidewater Tides players Category Jackson Mets players Category Wausau Mets players US baseball pitcher 1950s stub ... more details
Gaff Topsail is an abandoned railway settlement located in the interior of Newfoundland island Newfoundland , Canada , between the communities of Millertown Junction, Newfoundland and Labrador Millertown Junction to the east and Kitty s Brook, Newfoundland and Labrador Kitty s Brook to the west. The population was entirely composed of railway workers and their families that worked on the Newfoundland Railway . The Topsail s takes its name from the surrounding landscape which includes Main Topsail, Missin Topsail, Gaff Topsail and Fore Topsail which taken as a whole is geologically classified as a drumlin . The Topsails rise 61 metres &mdash 122 metres above the general surface of the central plateau of Newfoundland. It is a barren land, rocky and wind swept and in winter is renowned for its tremendous snow drifts. The area is known for its spectacular scenery and in winter the huge snow drifts that played havoc with the railway. See also List of communities in Newfoundland and Labrador Newfoundland Railway Patrick Kavanagh s novel Gaff Topsails External links http www.heritage.nf.ca society railway.html Newfoundland Railway Newfoundland & Labrador Heritage http www.durham.net kburt NewfoundlandTrains.html Photos of railway displays and memorabilia coord 49 08 34 N 56 39 07 W display title Category Ghost towns in Newfoundland and Labrador Category Monadnocks Newfoundland geo stub Canada ghost town stub ... more details
player squad 2010 AFL Draft Categories Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Gaff, Andrew ... OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Gaff, Andrew Category Articles created via the Article Wizard Category 1992 births ... more details
A penny gaff was a popular entertainment for the lower classes in 19th century England . It consisted of short, theatrical entertainments which could be staged wherever space permitted, such as the back room of a public house or small hall. Unsophisticated, the props and scenery rarely consisted of more than a stage and a piano. The lessee of the venue would often stand by the stage, calling out when each act should finish in an attempt to maximise the evening s revenue. Clowning, dancing, singing and plays all featured in the penny gaffs. Easy to perform, well known to the audience, and with simple exciting stories, the deeds of famous highwayman highwaymen , robbers and murderers, such as those featured in The Newgate Calendar were popular subjects for the plays. The stories of the 18th century robber, Jack Sheppard who escaped from prison on numerous occasions, and the gory Red Barn Murder were among the most enduring. Mangled versions of William Shakespeare s plays were also regularly performed. The time constraints meant the stories would often become unrecognisable, with the final act performed in a flurry of activity. If the owner called time, the play would have to be concluded regardless of what point in the script the actors had reached. ref Mancroff and Trela, pp.99 100 ref As the gaffs became more popular, larger, more spacious venues opened to accommodate them. The Rotunda Assembly Room Rotunda in Blackfriars Road, the largest venue in London , could seat 1,000 people and at its peak exhibited shows lasting between an hour and two and a half hours. For the more discerning patron, it offered better seating at the price of twopence tuppence or British threepence coin threepence . ref Bratton, p.73 ref The established penny gaff theatres were feared as breeding grounds for criminals by the Victorian moral reformers, as, in the words of one city missionary no respectable ... . ref Shaftesbury, p.319 ref The name penny gaff derived from the entrance fee, which was normally ... more details
Morerefs date September 2009 During World War II , Operation Gaff was a six man patrol of Special Air Service British Commandos commandos , who parachuted into Nazi occupied France on 18 July, 1944, with aim of severely injuring or killing Field Marshall Erwin Rommel . ref cite book title Discovering the Rommel Murder The Life and Death of the Desert Fox last Marshall first Charles F. year 2002 authorlink Charles F. Marshall publisher Stackpole Books isbn 0811724727 page 122 isbn 9780811724722 ref ref cite book title Bodyguard of lies, Volume 2 last Brown first Anthony Cave authorlink Anthony Cave Brown year 1975 publisher Harper & Row isbn 9780060105518 page 717 ref From March 1943, Allied Intelligence had been undertaking research on the whereabouts, bases and travel arrangements of Field Marshall Rommel. Part of the research asked the question of how easy it would be to kill Rommel? Post D Day , the Allies were meeting fierce resistance, marshalled by Rommel with Hitler s orders to stand firm at all costs. With losses mounting, Field Marshall Montgomery agreed with a plan to take Rommel out of the battle plan temporarily. ref name DarMis Daring missions of World War II by William B. Breuer ref After SAS Lieutenant Colonel William Fraser was told the location of Rommel s headquarters, a chateau home of the Dukes de La Rochefoucauld in the village of La Roche Guyon , Brigadier R.W. McLeod assigned a dedicated team of six specially trained assassins from the International SAS, led by French national Captain Raymond Couraud Jack William Raymond Lee . ref http translate.google.co.uk translate?hl en&sl fr&u http www.histoiredebeynes.com commando sas.htm&ei y6H1SvnWK4qJ4Qb2yNjkAw&sa X&oi translate&ct result&resnum 6&ved 0CBoQ7gEwBQ&prev search 3Fq 3D 2522raymond 2Blee 2522 2Bsas 2Brommel 26hl 3Den 26client 3Dfirefox a 26rls 3Dorg.mozilla en GB official 26hs 3DQ4T 26sa 3DG ... Conflicts in 1944 Category World War II British Commando raids G Category Special Air Service Gaff Category ... more details
for other uses Monkey disambiguation Refimprove date October 2008 Infobox short story See Wikipedia WikiProject Novels or Wikipedia WikiProject Books name The Monkey author Stephen King country United States language English language English genre Horror fiction Horror short story published in Skeleton Crew publication type Magazine publisher media type Print Periodical pub date November 1980 preceded by followed by The Monkey is a short story by Stephen King , first published in Gallery magazine Gallery magazine in 1980. It was significantly revised and published in King s anthology Skeleton Crew in 1985. Plot summary The story centers on a cymbal banging monkey toy that is possessed by an evil spirit. Every time the monkey claps its little cymbals together, a nearby living thing dies. The monkey is found in a family s attic in an old toy chest by two young brothers, unknowing that their father was tormented by the monkey years ago, when it worked its lethal magic paranormal enchantment on his family and friends. The dad takes the monkey and throws it in the lake in his backyard. At the end of the story is an excerpt of a newspaper article, which talks about hundreds of dead fish floating in the lake. Similar stories The X Files episode Chinga , scripted by Stephen King, deals with a cursed doll and bears similarities to The Monkey . This doll, which deals out suffering in much the same way as the monkey, also finds itself sinking to the bottom of a lake at the end of the episode. Incidentally, there are certain base line similarities between the argument of another Stephen ... 5th. Season 1997 1998 . The film The Devil s Gift is very similar to The Monkey, leading some to believe ... Cymbal banging monkey toy References reflist External links http www.horrorking.com skeleton.html The Monkey The story at HorrorKing.com http www.StephenKing.com King s official website SkeletonCrew Stephen King DEFAULTSORT Monkey, The Category 1980 short stories Category Horror short stories Category ... more details
species of monkey native to Southeast Asia thumb 250px A monkey is any cercopithecoid Old World monkey or platyrrhine New World monkey primate. All primate s that are not prosimian s or ape s are monkeys. The 264 known extant monkey species represent two of the three groupings of simian primates ... Hierarchy of ranks parvorder New World monkey Platyrrhini , whereas the Old World monkeys superfamily Old World monkey Cercopithecoidea form part of the parvorder Catarrhini , which also includes ... mountains, Kerala , South India . According to the Oxford English Dictionary , the word monkey ... . ref cite web url http www.etymonline.com index.php?term monkey title Monkey author date work publisher accessdate ref The term monkey is an artificial grouping it is not a good taxon , but instead it is a Paraphyly ... ancestor species. The term monkey covers all New World monkey platyrrhines flat, broad noses and some ...&dq dawkins monkey paraphyletic&q accessdate 2008 08 24 postscript . ref Due to its size up to convert ... World monkey. Also, a few monkey species deceptively have the word ape in their common name, such as the Barbary ... right thumb Common Squirrel Monkey . Image Macaca fascicularis in Lopburi.JPG right thumb Crab eating Macaque in Thailand . The following list shows where the various monkey families bolded ... Tarsiidae tarsiers Infraorder Simian Simiiformes simians Parvorder New World monkey Platyrrhini ... night monkey Aotidae night monkeys 8 species Family Pitheciidae titis, sakis and uakaris 41 species ... World monkey Cercopithecoidea Family Old World monkey Cercopithecidae Old World monkeys 135 species ... dictionary monkey Definition of Monkey in Merriam Webster s Online Dictionary ref Including some ... Britannica 1911 http www.1911encyclopedia.org MonkeyMonkey ref and is still in colloquial use. ref Webster s New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed http www.yourdictionary.com monkeyMonkey ref Calling either a simian is correct. Monkey could be defined as a non ape simian, or apes as a non monkey simian ... more details
Summary A sail boat on the Alster , in Hamburg , carries a gaff rig with a nearly vertical gaff, and a nearly trianglular main sail. This gives the rig a strong resemblance to the Bermuda rig and is called a Sliding Gunter Rig . Licensing self GFDL cc by 2.5 migration relicense ... more details
Thomas Gaff House could refer to Hillforest , the Thomas Gaff House, in Indiana Thomas T. Gaff House , in Washington, D.C. disambig Short pages monitor This long comment was added to the page to prevent it being listed on Special Shortpages. It and the accompanying monitoring template were generated via Template Longcomment. Please do not remove the monitor template without removing the comment as well. ... more details
for Thomas Gaff House, the mansion in Indiana Hillforest Infobox nrhp name Thomas T. Gaff House nrhp type cp partof Dupont Circle Historic District partof refnum 78003056 image Colombian ambassador s residence Blizzard of 2010.JPG location 1520 20th Street, Northwest, Washington, D.C. NW Washington, D.C. ... of Colombia The Thomas T. Gaff House is the Ambassadorial residence diplomatic residence of the Colombia ... ref ref name embassy cite web last first title Thomas T. Gaff House work publisher embassy.org date ... Thomas T. Gaff was a wealthy businessman who made his fortune in the distillery and heavy machinery ... accessdate 2008 06 04 ref After Gaff was appointed as a commissoner to the Panama Canal Panama ... adecenter essays Scott.html accessdate 2008 06 04 ref The Gaff House was well known in Washington ... name paris After Gerry moved to a new home, the Gaff house was leased to Dwight F. Davis , President ... The government of Greece leased the house in 1929 for use as an embassy. In 1944, the Gaff house was sold to Colombia by Carey D. Langhorne, Thomas T. Gaff s daughter. The house has since been used as the official ... of Colombia to the United States are located a few blocks north of the Gaff House, in the Kalorama ... tw cis cis 1090.html accessdate 2008 06 04 ref Notable ambassadors who have resided in the Gaff house ... of the Gaff House is 8,061,440. ref name value cite web title Property Detail publisher Government ... 2009 08 05 ref Architecture Image Thomas T. Gaff House drawing.jpg thumb Drawing designs by de Sibour of the Thomas T. Gaff House The exterior architecture of the Thomas T. Gaff House is an example .... ref name paris Gaff instructed the designers to include novel conveniences such as a hot air system ... External links Commons cat Thomas T. Gaff House http www.colombiaemb.org Embassy of Colombia official website coord 38.910952 77.045187 region US type landmark display title DEFAULTSORT Gaff House, Thomas ... Diplomatic residences in Washington, D.C. Category Dupont Circle es Casa de Thomas T. Gaff ru ... more details
Orphan date April 2009 Wikify date April 2009 The Bicycle Gaff Deck is a deck of specially designed playing cards for use along with a standard deck of Bicycle brand cards in the performance of illusion or sleight of hand effects. Citation needed date July 2010 There are many different versions of the deck, made by different companies in the magic illusion industry. The different versions have different sets of gaff cards see below for examples , which can be used to create different effects. Clarify date July 2010 The cards in a gaff deck have a normal back, but the cards are changed visually in some way. Some examples include An ace of hearts with a broken heart pip in the middle Two 3 of clubs, with three and a half pips in the center can be used to split a 7 of clubs into two 3 of clubs A 13 of diamonds could be used to do a Color change magic tricks color change from a King of Diamonds into its numerical value in the deck, or as an addition of two other cards e.g. a 7 of diamonds and a 6 of diamonds A card which is blank on one side, and on the back side it has a 6 of spades printed on top of the bicycle back design. These cards are usually used with a normal deck with the same back . The magician chooses a few cards and usually has them handy e.g. in his pocket and performs other magic tricks with the normal deck of cards. Then, he uses one or more of the gaff cards to perform magic tricks which seem to be beyond what most people would expect from card magic tricks an effect which is enhanced as the audience knows that the deck is a normal deck of cards with which the previous tricks were performed. References Reflist http www.penguinmagic.com product.php?ID 887 http www.penguinmagic.com specialorderproduct.php?ID 32 http themagicwarehouse.com DV6287 Packet Killer.html Category Playing cards ... more details
Summary album cover fur Article Howl Howl GaffGaff Use Infobox ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Name Howl Howl GaffGaff Artist Shout Out Louds Label Bud Fox Recordings Bud Fox Graphic Artist Item Type album Website Owner Commentary OVERRIDE FIELDS Description Album cover for the international release of Howl Howl GaffGaff by Shout Out Louds . Source Portion Low resolution Purpose Must be specified if Use is not Infobox Header Section Artist Replaceability other information Licensing Non free album cover ... more details
Monkey Fist may refer to The monkey s fist knot. Monkey Kung Fu Lord Monty Fisk, a.k.a. Characters of Kim Possible Monkey Fist Monkey Fist , a villain on the Disney animated series Kim Possible . disambig ... more details
wiktionarypar monkey business Monkey Business may refer to Film and television Monkey Business 1926 film Monkey Business 1926 film , an Our Gang film Monkey Business 1931 film Monkey Business 1931 film , a Marx Brothers film Monkey Business 1952 film Monkey Business 1952 film Monkey Business TV series Monkey Business TV series Title of the 4th episode of the 4th season of Californication TV series Californication TV series Music Monkey Business The Musical , 2009 Monkey Business band Monkey Business design studio Monkey Business album Monkey Business album , by the Black Eyed Peas Monkey Business Skid Row song Monkey Business Skid Row song Monkey Business, a song by Danger Danger on the album Screw It Monkey Business Michael Jackson Song Monkey Business , a song by Michael Jackson in the box set Michael Jackson The Ultimate Collection Monkey Business, a song by Pain on the album Cynic Paradise Too Much Monkey Business a song by Chuck Berry that has been covered by The Beatles, Elvis Presley and The Yardbirds The phrase monkey business stated in the lyrics of the song Kent Harris Cops and Robbers by Bo Diddley . The phrase monkey business stated in the lyrics of the song Living On My Own by Freddie Mercury . Other Monkey Business yacht Monkey Business yacht , a boat involved in a 1988 scandal Monkey Business short story Monkey Business short story , a story by P. G. Wodehouse in the collection Blandings Castle and Elsewhere Monkey Business , a children s book by Vivian Walsh Monkey Business , a children s book by Mark Burgess illustrator Mark Burgess published in 1987 Monkey Business, a recurring feature in the comic strip The Dandy disambig cs Monkey Business de Monkey Business fr Monkey Business it Monkey Business he The Black Eyed Peas Monkey Business nl Monkey Business pl Monkey Business pt Monkey Business sv Monkey Business ... more details
wiktionary grease monkey Grease monkey may refer to Grease monkey, a slang term for a mechanic Grease Monkey business , a franchised chain of automotive service centers Greasemonkey , a Mozilla Firefox extension Grease Monkey , a comic Grease monkey, a slang term for a slightly built burglar with entry skills. disambig ... more details
Monkey Grip can refer to Monkey Grip novel , a 1977 novel Monkey Grip film Monkey Grip film , a 1982 Australian film, based on the novel Monkey Grip soundtrack , the soundtrack to the above film Monkey Grip Bill Wyman album , an album by Bill Wyman disambig ... more details
Stone Monkey may refer to Sun Wukong , the Monkey King, a character in the Chinese novel Journey to the West . The Stone Monkey , a novel by Jeffery Deaver. disamb ... more details
refimprove date May 2007 Monkey see, monkey do is a saying that originated in Jamaica in the early 18th century and popped up in American culture in the early 1920s. The saying refers to the learning of a process without an understanding of why it works. Another definition implies the act of mimicry , usually with limited knowledge of the consequences. ref http en.wiktionary.org wiki monkey see, monkey do Definition on Wiktionary ref The saying probably originates from the folklore of Mali , West Africa, made well known by Esphyr Slobodkina s retelling, which she calls Caps for Sale A Tale of a Peddler, Some Monkeys and Their Monkey Business . There are also various other versions of this folk tale , such as The Hatseller and the Monkeys by Baba Wagu Diakit , set in Mali. In French, the same saying exists Singe qui voit, singe qui fait . Monkey See Monkey Do has become so popular that a new series has been produced which is interactive with young children. The TV series is shown on PBS Sprout where it has grown to be among the first three positions, Disney Latin America shows the show and another 100 countries . References Reflist DEFAULTSORT Monkey See, Monkey Do Category Clich s Category Adages Category Metaphors referring to animals Category Monkeys culture stub ... more details
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