[DOC] [TLE] What does the expression "p's and q's" mean? | Yahoo Answers [PAR] May 6, 2007 ... We received these emails from site visitors: Email 1: P's n ... The bar owner would 
say, "Mind your P's and Q's, (pints and quarts). That meant for ... This expression 
originally related to the Printing Job. It was difficult to ... It may have originated in 
British pubs as an abbreviation for "mind your pints and quarts. [DOC] [TLE] Etymology of 'Mind your P's and Q's.' : snopes.com [PAR] Jun 13, 2010 ... In English pubs, ale is ordered by pints and quarts. ... It's where we get the phrase 
"mind your P's and Q's." ... Theories for the phrase's origins are numerous, with 
these four as the ... Back in the days when type was set by hand, printers could 
easily mistake lowercase p's for q's, hence the caution to be... [DOC] [TLE] Mind your Ps and Qs - Wikipedia [PAR] Mind your Ps and Qs is an English expression meaning "mind your manners", "
mind your language", "be on your best behaviour" or similar. Attempts at 
explaining the origin of the phrase go back to the mid-19th ... This may also have 
been a reminder to bartenders not to confuse the two units, written as "p" and "q" 
on the tally... [DOC] [TLE] Where does 'mind your Ps and Qs' come from? | OxfordWords blog [PAR] Jan 9, 2012 ... If you have you ever been told to mind your Ps and Qs, it might have ... of the 
more enduring theories surrounding the origin of the phrase, ... Chronologically 
speaking, the sense of P and Q meaning alphabet, which is implicit in these ... I 
thought it was in reference to printing letters while handwriting, and... [DOC] [TLE] Mind your Ps and Qs - Everything2.com [PAR] John explained to us that the phrase originated in a pub much like the one we ... 
Mind your Ps and Qs has been in use since the 17th or 18th century (at least ... 
Along these lines, an unruly customer might also be told to mind his Ps and Qs. ... 
This was another golden opportunity for the bar owner to earn himself a few... [DOC] [TLE] BEN DAY DOTS, PART 4: PRE-HISTORY & ORIGINS | LEGION of ... [PAR] Sep 9, 2015 ... Printing on paper in 1879in particular, the printing of pictureswas ... And 
some of these other dots get mistaken for Ben Day dots. .... Thanks to Wikipedia I 
can show you both his pen & ink drawing of a rhinoceros, and ...... This is 
probably the origin of the expression mind your p's and q's since printers... [DOC] [TLE] The Origins of Popular Sayings - Post the Ones You Know - Lycaeum [PAR] When the people did not pay, they slit the nose of these deabeats, ... I have 
actually found this seemingly has 2 origins with references. ... 2) In England when 
things at a pub started getting out of hand the owner would yell for everybody to 
... Where does the expression "mind your P's and Q's" come from? [DOC] [TLE] What are the Origins of the Phrase "Mind Your P's and Q's"? [PAR] It's not entirely clear where the phrase "mind your p's and q's" comes from, ... 
explain the roots of the idiom, although these theories are of varying levels of 
believability. ... Many bars and pubs traditionally kept track of customer tabs on a 
large slate ... Some printers have suggested that the term may be related to 
typesetting. [DOC] [TLE] Ohs and Ahs, Ps and Qs : The Colonial Williamsburg Official History ... [PAR] In the thirty years master printer Willie Parker has demonstrated his craft to ... For 
some guests, it seems like a really ancient machine, which may be part of its ... A 
small bar and a worm screw controlled the platen, beneath which paper ... There 
are conflicting theories about

Question: The expression about minding these & Qs may have originated with printers or pub owners
Answer: Ps