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selwoot commented on The return of never-ending job interviews: 'It can go beyond the pale'   bbc.com/worklife/article/... · Posted by u/mooreds
TRDRVR · 2 years ago
Just a periodic reminder that 'Beyond the Pale' is a pro-colonialist phrase that many believe was was part of Britain's Centuries-long campaign to eliminate Irish culture.

https://www.grammarphobia.com/blog/2012/12/beyond-the-pale.h...

selwoot · 2 years ago
That's the exact opposite of what the link you included says.

From https://www.grammarphobia.com/blog/2012/12/beyond-the-pale.h...

As for the relationship between the two expressions, the OED has this to say:

“The theory that the origin of the phrase [‘beyond the pale’] relates to any of several specific regions, such as the area of Ireland formerly called the Pale … or the Pale of Settlement in Russia … is not supported by the early historical evidence and is likely to be a later rationalization.”

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