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17/01/2006 11:25:20
 
 
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Politics
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Title:
Miscellaneous
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01085195
Message ID:
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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?
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>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."
>
>Thanks Jim, but isn't that what I just said? :-)

More like a confirmation of your presumption.

Regards,
Jim
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