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Dear Coventry8
Can you please tell me the origin of the term "sent to coventry" which is use when some one is being ignored and not spoken to.
Thanks
rotstein
Dear rotstein,

 

X. Boy

I'm thinking, I'm... thin... king...

As you may know, Coventry is a city in central England, east-southeast of Birmingham. During the English Civil War, Royalist prisoners were sent there in exile. The term "coventry" came to mean a state of ostracism or exile, thus the phrase "sent to coventry" is used when someone is ostracised.

 

The Green Lantern

I like motorcycles.

Once, when I was younger, I saw a show where this girl got mad at this guy and for a whole hour she wouldn't talk to him. The guy got mad and went to Mexico for a week of surfing and good food. When he came back she was cool again, so everything was ok. I think the place the guy went to in Mexico was the city Coventry.

 

The Trunkenator

I wish I was with Jill right now. Mmmm...

I'll show you sent to coventry.

Captain PBP

Only when you are, can you really.

I think the phrase "sent to coventry" is an old English phrase from which is derived the more common phrase "put one's foot in one's mouth", which is also used when someone is ignored and not spoken to. The ol' English sure had some crazy ideas. Another example of a crazy ol' English idea is blood pudding.

 

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