HOW now Brown Cows- Original Framed Art

<div class=""> \n<div class="meaning-teaser"><strong>What does <span class="meaning-teaser-word">How Now Brown Cow?</span> mean?</strong></div> \n<em>How now brown cow?</em> is a cheerful alternative to asking “how are you?”. \n \nIt is often taught in elocution as a way of demonstrating the rounded vowel sound “ow” (aʊI). \n \nA popular hypothesis behind the origin of the phrase goes back to 18^th century Scotland, where “brown cow” was supposedly said as a slang expression for a barrel of beer. In this sense “how now brown cow?” would be used for asking another pint in the local pub. \n \n</div>