Joined at the hip?
<p><span word="Reader">Reader</span> <span word="question">question</span>:</p><p><span word="Please">Please</span> <span word="explain">explain</span> <span word="this">this</span> <span word="sentence">sentence</span>:</p><p><span word="Stocks">Stocks</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="jobs">jobs</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="joined">joined</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="hip">hip</span>.</p><p><span word="My">My</span> <span word="comments">comments</span>:</p><p><span word="This">This</span> <span word="means">means</span> <span word="there">there</span>’<span word="s">s</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="intricate">intricate</span> <span word="correlation">correlation</span> <span word="between">between</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="performance">performance</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="stock">stock</span> <span word="market">market</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="job">job</span> <span word="market">market</span>.</p><p><span word="To">To</span> <span word="wit">wit</span>, <span word="if">if</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="stock">stock</span> <span word="prices">prices</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="high">high</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="economy">economy</span>’<span word="s">s</span> <span word="usually">usually</span> <span word="booming">booming</span>; <span word="and">and</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="booming">booming</span> <span word="economy">economy</span>, <span word="usually">usually</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="lot">lot</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="new">new</span> <span word="jobs">jobs</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="created">created</span>.</p><p><span word="Conversely">Conversely</span>, <span word="if">if</span> <span word="stock">stock</span> <span word="prices">prices</span> <span word="tumble">tumble</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="economy">economy</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="general">general</span> <span word="takes">takes</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="hit">hit</span>; <span word="and">and</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="economic">economic</span> <span word="slowdown">slowdown</span>, <span word="jobs">jobs</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="often">often</span> <span word="lost">lost</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="employers">employers</span> <span word="cut">cut</span> <span word="back">back</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="production">production</span>.</p><p><span word="So">So</span>, <span word="therefore">therefore</span>, <span word="stocks">stocks</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="jobs">jobs</span> <span word="are">are</span> “<span word="joined">joined</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="hip">hip</span>”, <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="same">same</span> <span word="way">way</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="two">two</span> <span word="legs">legs</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="us">us</span> <span word="humans">humans</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="joined">joined</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="hip">hip</span>. <span word="In">In</span> <span word="other">other</span> <span word="words">words</span>, <span word="they">they</span>’<span word="re">re</span> <span word="inseparable">inseparable</span>.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="fact">fact</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="our">our</span> <span word="two">two</span> <span word="legs">legs</span> <span word="meet">meet</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="hip">hip</span> <span word="should">should</span> <span word="suffice">suffice</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="explain">explain</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="expression">expression</span> “<span word="joined">joined</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="hip">hip</span>” <span word="but">but</span> <span word="this">this</span> <span word="idiom">idiom</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="understandably">understandably</span> <span word="believed">believed</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="derived">derived</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="Siamese">Siamese</span> <span word="twins">twins</span>, <span word="two">two</span> <span word="people">people</span> <span word="born">born</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="conjoined">conjoined</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="hip">hip</span> (<span word="or">or</span> <span word="any">any</span> <span word="other">other</span> <span word="body">body</span> <span word="part">part</span>). <span word="This">This</span>, <span word="from">from</span> <span word="Phrase">Phrase</span>.<span word="org">org</span>:</p><p><span word="Chang">Chang</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="Eng">Eng</span> <span word="Bunker">Bunker</span> (1811–1874) <span word="were">were</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="celebrated">celebrated</span> <span word="pair">pair</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="conjoined">conjoined</span> <span word="twins">twins</span> <span word="and">and</span>, <span word="being">being</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="Siam">Siam</span> (<span word="as">as</span> <span word="Thailand">Thailand</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="then">then</span> <span word="called">called</span>), <span word="they">they</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="source">source</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="expression">expression</span> <span word="Siamese">Siamese</span> <span word="twins">twins</span>. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="pair">pair</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="internationally">internationally</span> <span word="known">known</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="day">day</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="celebrity">celebrity</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="led">led</span> <span word="many">many</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="assume">assume</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="term">term</span> ‘<span word="joined">joined</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="hip">hip</span>’ <span word="also">also</span> <span word="originated">originated</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="them">them</span>. <span word="This">This</span> <span word="seems">seems</span> <span word="unlikely">unlikely</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Bunker">Bunker</span> <span word="brothers">brothers</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="joined">joined</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="sternum">sternum</span>, <span word="not">not</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="hip">hip</span>.</p>
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