What is the origin of the phrase and so it begins?

Answer 1

well the so and so phrase comes from Italy from people that are pissed off at someone else........... in Italy, criminals use the phrase so and so to get their head chopped off above a pirate ship. but before they used so and so the phrase, they used to use the phrase im an idiot in Greece to get their head chopped off in front of a fire truck. the Italians thought it was smart so they made their own phrase. now the phrase so and so is popular for being smart!!

This will help revision tes,t history test and S.A's.

Answer 2

This phrase is literal, colloquial and contains neither symbolism nor historic referent. There may be an implication the speaker is calling attention to the advent of a prediction, as in 'I told you so'.

Answer 3

in ancient greece the citizens would hold contests to see who could throw a boulder the farthest. Sothius Maximus, the son of the king, would always just have an average throw no matter how hard he tried. Thus the so-so term was born.