Some sources say that, "brown cow" was a phrase that used to mean a barrel of beer because a barrel of beer is brown and ungainly like a cow. Other sources said "brown cow" just referred to the beer and that people could order another beer saying, "How now brown cow. The use of the phrase "how now brown cow" in teaching elocution can be dated back to at least 1926. Although not in use today, the phrase "how now" is a greeting, short for "how say you now", and can be found in archaic literature, such as the plays of William Shakespeare. And that tripping lightly stuff makes sense, since "How now, brown cow" has its origin in elocution, where the phrase was used to demonstrate properly rounded (If there happens to be an expert in 18th century Scottish who would like to correct us, please do!) Although 'brown cow' is now an obsolete term the saying lives
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