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    From where comes the phrase 'Let's talk turkey'?

    Question #22677. Asked by Joe. (Sep 19 02 7:17 PM)


    mrts

    		according to Brewers dictionary of Phrase and Fable the origin is uncertain but it may have arisen from the efforts of turkey hunters to attract their pray, by making gobbling noises they could get the birds to emerge from cover it seems

    Sep 19 02, 9:04 PM

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