So you still need to come up with some good documentation or admit that possibly that idea is wrong.
the way I see it is , everywhere I look I see "that idea" so why would I even think about it being wrong?
there is no evidence supporting your claim that it is wrong.
there is evidence supporting my claim of it being right.
so I lean towards the idea being right.
The phrase "born with a silver spoon in his mouth" appeared in print in English as early as 1719
the printed version was translated from spanish.
("muchas veces donde hay estacas no hay tocinos,")
literally:
("often where there are hooks [for hanging hams] there are no hams")
still looking.
the most interesting thing I have found is the term blue blooded.
silver intake can cause the skin to turn blue if too
much is ingested , it is only temporary but silver may
be the reason this saying came about also.
as only the wealthy ate with silver spoons and forks and knives and used silver plates and drank from silver glases
the beverage poured from silver pitchers . that could add up to quite a bit of silver in the body.
as soon as their skin was exposed to sunlight the chemical
reaction would begin to occur , this could be a reason why the wealthy also looked so sickly and pale skinned , because the wealthy may have avoided sunlight to prevent their skin from turning a shade of blue.
