[NEohioPAL]The story behind "Break a leg"?

Fri Oct 8 10:45:08 PDT 2004

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After a bit of Googling, I found a few sites that give various folkloric origins for the phrase "break a leg." Seems there's no clear answer.

http://www.straightdope.com/mailbag/mbreakleg.html

http://www.wordorigins.org/wordorb.htm#breakleg

http://www.theatrecrafts.com/glossary/pages/morebreakaleg.html

-Bryan

On Friday, October 08, 2004, at 12:56PM, Ron Dauphin <rondauphin at hotmail.com> wrote:

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<html><div style='background-color:'>Someone asked me today about the origin of blessing actors with the phrase, "break a leg".  I confessed I didn't have a clue.  Also, my dance friends wish each other well with the French word "merde" which means...well, I know what that means...but I don't know the WHY behind it.
Can anyone enlighten me about the orgins of these?
To my fellow cast members in "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum" at Olde Towne Hall Theatre in North Ridgeville..."break a leg" and "merde" for tonight's opening!
Ron Dauphin
  
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