Why do they say uncle

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Words related to cry uncle break , cave in , give up , give way , say uncle , surrender. Ramona Helen Hunt Jackson. Later versions started the story by saying "A man whose niece had coaxed him into buying a parrot succeeded in getting a bird that was warranted a good talker. Another theory was that uncle was the Americanized version of the Irish word anacol, which means protection or safety. Then there's the Roman Empire version, in which children confronted by bullies would be forced to say Patrue, mi Patruissimo, or "uncle, my best uncle," in order to be freed.

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But one of the members took ill and didn't make it to the game, and last week he died. Robert Cook, 79, of Brown Deer, Wis.

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This is the earliest he has found, from the Iowa Citizen of 9 October A gentleman was boasting that his parrot would repeat anything he told him. Search World Wide Words. Support this website!