Despite the greater amount of sense splitting might make, spitting is the correct answer. The Phrase Finder suggests the phrase came into being as a morph from the original spit and image or, perhaps, spitten image. It notes that George Farquhar wrote the line, “Poor child! he’s as like his own dadda as if he were spit out of his mouth,” in his play “Love and a bottle” in 1689.
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Stevie G....Not even close to 50....Are you amazed?
And definitely not so lazy that I can't send a text message written in English.
Yeah me too Vicky.
I like text write.
I love accents and colloquialisms. For me, the further north you go, the nicer it sounds.
The Phrase Finder suggests the phrase came into being as a morph from the original spit and image or, perhaps, spitten image. It notes that George Farquhar wrote the line, “Poor child! he’s as like his own dadda as if he were spit out of his mouth,” in his play “Love and a bottle” in 1689.
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