Did I ever mention that polka dots make me laugh? So this site makes me very happy.
Once, when I was a kid, my dad bought my mom a dress with polka dots that were really big at the top and the bottom and got progressively smaller towards the middle. It was the most hilarious dress ever...
And what do the dots have to do with polka?
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I learned how to do the polka. And I don't remember it being in a circle....but then again I learned it in ballet class, so who's to say it was authentic.
The word polka (according to the dictionary in lab) refers to "a lively round dance originating in Bohemia and performed by couples."
According to the web, this dance was the rage of the 1840's (if knitting is resurfacing it makes you wonder) "In an effort to cash in on the fad, manufacturers began naming all sorts of thing polka. Polka gauze, polka hats, polka curtain bands and many other products with the polka name hit the market in the 1840s. Although, the actual term polka dot is not attested to until the 1880s. Of these, only polka dots survive today." http://www.wordorigins.org/wordorp.htm
Well, mystery solved...and the answer was almost as funny as the polka dots themselves.
But Justin, don't feel bad--I thought your reasoning made sense.
I guess they could've been Macarena dots instead...
Hey, just because I have tons of spare time at work to look up random information....Besides, you got the dance right :)
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