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17/01/2006 11:16:16
 
 
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Politics
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Title:
Miscellaneous
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01085195
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>>>>>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?
>>>
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>>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
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