[etni] Uncovering Motives > axe to grind

  • From: Israel Cohen <cohen.izzy@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: etni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2014 09:25:14 +0200

Dina wrote:
From: דינה ברקוביץ'
According to the definition in the book it seems that we can use this skill
every time we need to explain why someone did something.
“Axe to grind” is probably a transliteration pun on the German phrase
Acht(ung) Grund via Pennsylvania Dutch.
German achten = pay attention, keep an eye on. Achtung = attention, pay
attention
sich Acht nehmen = beware; beachten = be aware
Grund = basis, reason, grounds
Beweggrund = motive

In 1732, Benjamin Franklin published the first German language newspaper in
America – *the Philadelphische Zeitung.*
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Philadelphischer_Zeitung.jpg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Franklin
http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/174000.html

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