HOW now Brown Cows- Original Framed Art

€2,995.00

Medium: Oil paint & mixed Media (Flint, Zinc Flakes, Mother of pearl, Italian Marble, sand) on Boxed Linen Canvas.

Size: 32x 48 inches

Frame: Black walnut with white mount inlay and glass

Description

What does How Now Brown Cow? mean?

How now brown cow? is a cheerful alternative to asking “how are you?”.

It is often taught in elocution as a way of demonstrating the rounded vowel sound “ow” (aʊI).

A popular hypothesis behind the origin of the phrase goes back to 18^th century Scotland, where “brown cow” was supposedly said as a slang expression for a barrel of beer. In this sense “how now brown cow?” would be used for asking another pint in the local pub.