THURSDAY – Jan. 11, 2024
The Old Spaghetti Factory
11896 Foothill Blvd
Rancho Cucamonga, CA 91730
The January Board Meeting will take place at the the Old Spaghetti Factory – 11896 Foothill Blvd, Rancho Cucamonga, CA 91730. Following the Board Meeting, join us for MORE!
Cocktails & Network: 5:15pm – 6:15pm
Dinner & The Grapevine 6:15pm – 8:30pm
Macquarie’s colloquial meaning is the one you’re after: “the network of personal and other contacts through which information ranging from gossip to substantive information is passed informally.” Typically you would hear something either ON the grapevine, or in Mr Gaye’s case, THROUGH the grapevine. Both are correct.
Q: So when did this meaning come about?
A: Etymology Online describes the use of the “grapevine telegraph” as “a secret source of information and rumor in the American Civil War”.
Q: But why a grapevine?
A: It is related to Samuel Morse’s invention of the telegraph in the 1830s. As the system grew, it meant thousands of miles of telegraph wire suddenly appeared – hanging a few yards up in the air, suspended between poles placed at regular intervals. As a result, many people likened the sight to how vines were trained to grow along strings between two poles.
Q: Vines such as grapevines!
A: Exactly.