Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/04/08

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Subject: [Leica] another bag answer
From: DouglasMSharp at netscape.net (Douglas M. Sharp)
Date: Thu Apr 8 13:55:54 2004
References: <b02010202-1033-4D96A00E891211D8973F000A95C4E7A0@[10.0.1.2]> <5.1.0.14.0.20040408130146.029f7000@mail-aj.acpub.duke.edu> <9AA9688A-8989-11D8-ADE4-0050E42E6E0B@shaw.ca> <4075A1CA.4BD74EFB@pacbell.net>
 
Sweet F.A., as we usually say, is more probably slang for F_ _k All, 
although there was a popular song with the same title.
based on a murder in the 19th C.
see also :   http://phrases.shu.ac.uk/bulletin_board/4/messages/1120.html
Douglas

jerryleh@pacbell.net schrieb:

>John
>
>Is that where the Brit expression "Oh sweet Fanny Adams!" comes
>from?
>
>Jerry
>
>John Collier wrote:
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