I think we all know what it means. Given our ages, we know how it relates to a clock face, and I think many of us associate its origin with fighter pilots. However, the original question was not 'What is its origin?", but "How do you explain its origin to someone who has no exposure to analog clocks with hands?" I still haven't seen a good answer to that one.

I don't see an alternative to showing that youngster a picture of, say, Big Ben, and explaining how people used to tell time. Is there a better way?

Efrem

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> On Aug 20, 2019, at 9:36 PM, Christopher Carson <clcarson (AT) live (DOT) com> wrote:
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> It means who’s watching your back. I think it’s derived from WW II fighter pilot lingo that used the clock face to locate enemy aircraft (bandits at 12 o’clock high).
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> Chris
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> On Aug 20, 2019, at 16:07, 'Efrem G Mallach' via Dixonary <dixonary (AT) googlegroups (DOT) com <mailto:dixonary (AT) googlegroups (DOT) com>> wrote:
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>> You mean that this person has never seen an analog clock in a church or any other steeple, at a railroad station, at the back of a classroom, on a kitchen wall, anywhere at all? And has no concept of twelve o'clock being at the top, one a bit to the right, and so on? I know we're in the digital age, but even my eleven-year-old grandchildren (not twins, two sons whose wives happened to get pregnant around the same time) get this stuff.
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>> Efrem
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>>> On Aug 20, 2019, at 3:31 PM, Guerri Stevens <guerri (AT) guerristevens (DOT) com <mailto:guerri (AT) guerristevens (DOT) com>> wrote:
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>>> How would you translate this expression for those who have never seen any non-digital timekeeping devices:
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>>> "who has your six".
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