Plateforme Level Extreme
Abonnement
Profil corporatif
Produits & Services
Support
Légal
English
Eatmebailey
Message
De
17/01/2006 11:16:16
Jim Winter
Jim Winter Consulting
Hinesburg, Vermont, États-Unis
 
 
À
17/01/2006 11:05:53
Information générale
Forum:
Politics
Catégorie:
Autre
Titre:
Divers
Thread ID:
01085195
Message ID:
01087564
Vues:
33
>>>>>Citron is French (and similar in many Euro lang's) FOR lemon. So is citron Yiddish or something and what fruit is "like" a lemon but not one - a lime?
>>>>
>>>>A limon...
>>>
>>>What the Sam Hill is that? but another French word for lemon?
>>>
>>
>>Who exactly is Sam Hill anyway?
>
>I d'nno! I just know Clark Kent's boss keeps saying it, presumably as a euphemism for "{something} hell"

From the Word Detective, http://www.word-detective.com/080401.html, "The explanation of "Sam Hill" is actually pretty simple -- it's an early 19th century American euphemism for "hell" used as an oath."

Regards,
Jim
Précédent
Suivant
Répondre
Fil
Voir

Click here to load this message in the networking platform