TIL that according to the Oxford English Dictionary, the term "grandfather clock" originated from the popular song "My Grandfather's Clock", written in 1876 by American composer Henry Clay Work. en.wikipedia.org Submitted by jvsrvs t3_z5tjka on November 27, 2022 at 6:14 AM in todayilearned 11 comments 212
centosdude t1_ixyugv0 wrote on November 27, 2022 at 1:33 PM 🎵 It stopped, short, never to go again... when the old man died... 🎵 Permalink 13 37-pieces-of-flair t1_iy74u18 wrote on November 29, 2022 at 6:08 AM 90 years without stumbling, tick tock, tick tock Permalink Parent 2 [deleted] t1_ixz7o34 wrote on November 27, 2022 at 3:26 PM [deleted] Permalink Parent 1
37-pieces-of-flair t1_iy74u18 wrote on November 29, 2022 at 6:08 AM 90 years without stumbling, tick tock, tick tock Permalink Parent 2
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