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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 2 of 2 1 2 Re: translations and footnotes #17544 01/30/01 12:39 PM Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,757 M maverick Carpal Tunnel maverick Carpal Tunnel M Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,757 translate the title Sympathies, emanuela - I wandered around endless bookshops trying to find Lampedusa's 'Gatopardo' which my Milanese girlfriend had been raving to me about! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Heavens to Betsy #17545 01/30/01 01:22 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,773 Sparteye Pooh-Bah Sparteye Pooh-Bah Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,773 According to Charles Funk, in Heavens to Betsy! & Other Curious Sayings, Harper & Row (1955), several theories have been advanced to explain “Heavens to Betsy,” but none to his satisfaction, and he deems the phrase “source unknown.” Suggestions include: (1) a corruption of the French phrase, “auvergne betisse,” meaning “what won’t they think of next?”, and (2) some derivation from the frontiersman’s rifle or gun, which was commonly called Betsy for no apparent reason. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Heavens to Betsy #17546 01/31/01 03:08 PM Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 819 Portland,Oregon, USA G Geoff old hand Geoff old hand G Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 819 Portland,Oregon, USA According to Charles Funk, in Heavens to Betsy! & Other Curious Sayings, Harper & Row (1955), several theories have been advanced to explain “Heavens to Betsy,” but none to his satisfaction, and he deems the phrase “source unknown.” Charles Funk blew it on this one. This is an obvious res ipsa loquitur. It refers to AnnaStrophic's divine nature. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Heavens to Betsy #17547 02/02/01 03:32 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York Ah, shucks, Geoff.... then shouldn't the expression be "Heavens to Bette"? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Page 2 of 2 1 2 Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,322 Members9,182 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Ineffable, ddrinnan, TRIALNERRA, befuddledmind, KILL_YOUR_SUV 9,182 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 517 guests, and 0 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 25 A C Bowden 15 ddrinnan 1 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 tsuwm 10,542 wofahulicodoc 10,535 LukeJavan8 9,916 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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