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Old August 20th, 2019, 06:05 PM
Daniel B. Widdis
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Default Re: [Dixonary] OT: Translate for Digital Age

The idiom "on your six" is probably the original that the
question/statement derived from, and indeed is clock-face based. "Who's
got your back?" is probably a good translation.

This site gives a good summary of clock-face terminology:
https://english.stackexchange.com/qu...on-expressions

To save you the trouble of reading, the origin of the term is primarily
associated with the the need to relay relative position to someone over the
radio, and probably came in with aircraft in WW I.

On Tue, Aug 20, 2019 at 2:56 PM Ryan McGill <ryanmmcgill (AT) gmail (DOT) com> wrote:

> I'd never heard that construction until a couple years ago, when it got
> rather popular due to a military-related marketing campaign. I saw it
> recently in a trailer for some movie, as well, but I don't remember which
> one. The joke in the trailer was essentially asking the same thing you are:
> how do you keep that idiom relevant?
>
> Even so, I've only heard the concept voiced as a declaration, not a
> question: "I've got your back," or "I've got your six," as opposed to
> "who's got."
>
> And I strongly prefer an analogue face clock, and I've made a point of
> trying to teach the kids in my sphere how to navigate that, for what it's
> worth. Some cotton to the concepts better than others, but we're not
> guaranteed a digital world forever, so may as well.
>
>
> On Tuesday, August 20, 2019 at 2:03:53 PM UTC-7, Tim B wrote:
>>
>> > "who has your six".

>>
>> I'm with Johnny; I've never heard this. Why not just "Who has your back?"
>> It's no longer.
>>
>> Best wishes,
>> Tim Bourne.
>>

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