Hmm, this bugged me, so I chased it down a little bit. I've never
heard or seen "beckon call" anywhere, but that doesn't mean it's
wrong. According to "Take Our Word For It" - the word origin webzine
at http://www.takeourword.com/TOW186/page4.html
From Luke McElligott:
I abhor the use of beck and call when it should be written beckon
call, as in the call was beckoning.... Please help me to put this to
rights.
TOWFI's response:
Oops, Luke, actually, the phrase is beck and call and always has
been. Beck is the same word as beckon, though, so you're on the
right track. To be at one's beck and call is to respond when he
beckons you and/or calls you. It dates from the mid-19th century.
--- In DragonBaneII@yahoogroups.com, Simon Jacobs <simon_jacobs@a...>
wrote:
> Yes thank you!
> -----Original Message-----
> From: hank_5 [mailto:henry5@m...]
> Just noticed something....Briston Fisk says he is at your "Beck &
> Call", but that should be BECKON call....
>
> Don't know if Simon is still making updates....
>