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Origin of Phrases : sweet fuck all
 

offline marlowe from Antarctica on 2006-09-29 08:31 [#01979523]
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I don't know if non-brits know the phrase, sweet fuck all
or sweet f.a. but it has an interesting history. Some of you
may know that the original phrase is actually sweet fanny
adams, but who was this fanny adams?

let me guide you back to July 1867 to the sleepy town of
Alton, Hampshire, England, where a young clerk by the name
of Frederick Baker became prey to his psychosis and lured a
young eight-year old girl by the name of Fanny Adams to a
hop garden, where he raped, mutilated and dismembered her,
and spread her remains over such a wide area, that the new
slang term, "sweet fanny adams" came into being, meaning
"nothing".

Another seemingly innocent expression with darkly macabre
origins.

Tune in next week when the phrase "bloody mary" is
explained!


 

offline redrum from the allman brothers band (Ireland) on 2006-09-29 08:36 [#01979530]
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yeah, i remember my mother telling me that once. still not
sure whether it's true or not.


 

offline marlowe from Antarctica on 2006-09-29 08:37 [#01979535]
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The case is true and well-documented.

 

offline virginpusher from County Clare on 2006-09-29 08:39 [#01979537]
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If this is a weekly thing then i look forward to it!

Hope things are well with you paulie! :)

 

offline marlowe from Antarctica on 2006-09-29 08:49 [#01979548]
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hi guy, I'm alright - busy busy most of the time and trying
to adjust to it! what about you, what are you up to these
days?


 

offline uzim on 2006-09-29 10:01 [#01979623]
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: O

that's so fucked up...
not only the crime, but the fact that her name is now used
to mean "nothing"...


 

offline Skink from A cesspool in eden on 2006-09-29 11:32 [#01979681]
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Well you learn something new everyday.

Nicely done Paul!

 

offline _gvarek_ from next to you (Poland) on 2006-09-29 12:17 [#01979702]
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I find that very intriguing, phanx XLT!

 

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