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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: "no strings attached" #6607 09/17/2000 10:42 AM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 460 Hobart, Tasmania, Australia paulb addict paulb addict Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 460 Hobart, Tasmania, Australia There's an Irving Berlin song from 1935 called "No strings" which has the chorus: No strings and no connections, No ties to my affections, I'm fancy free and free for anything fancy. But the original story of Pinocchio (Carlo Collodi, 1883) is the most likely source. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted "no strings attached" AnnaStrophic 09/16/2000 1:22 AM Re: "no strings attached" Jazzoctopus 09/16/2000 2:22 PM Re: "no strings attached" paulb 09/17/2000 10:42 AM Re: "no strings attached" AnnaStrophic 09/18/2000 3:51 PM Re: "no strings attached" Jazzoctopus 09/18/2000 8:39 PM Re: "no strings attached" wsieber 09/19/2000 5:47 AM 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 Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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