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Message de the_guest posté le 21-01-2010 à 23:00:54 (S | E | F)
Hi every one,
First of all, I want to apologize for my horrible english, but am I not here to learn?
I didn't practice since...phewww...It was such a long time ago I can hardly remember.
I began my new start with english about three or four years ago with reading of comic books. Now I also read novels, since about one year and a half with authors like Ken Follet, Joe Abercrombie, Robin Hobb and, currently, Arthur Conan Doyle.
But I didn't come here to tell my story. My question is about old fashioned comic books from ealy 60's.
I read several times these two expressions :
The first one is : "For Pete's sake!" or "For the love of Pete!"
The second one is : "What in Sam Hill is going on around here ?"
So my question is who are "Pete" and "Sam Hill" in those sentences ?
I thank you for your answers, and for showing me the mistakes I madee in this post.
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Edited by bridg on 21-01-2010 23:10
Message de the_guest posté le 21-01-2010 à 23:00:54 (S | E | F)
Hi every one,
First of all, I want to apologize for my horrible english, but am I not here to learn?
I didn't practice since...phewww...It was such a long time ago I can hardly remember.
I began my new start with english about three or four years ago with reading of comic books. Now I also read novels, since about one year and a half with authors like Ken Follet, Joe Abercrombie, Robin Hobb and, currently, Arthur Conan Doyle.
But I didn't come here to tell my story. My question is about old fashioned comic books from ealy 60's.
I read several times these two expressions :
The first one is : "For Pete's sake!" or "For the love of Pete!"
The second one is : "What in Sam Hill is going on around here ?"
So my question is who are "Pete" and "Sam Hill" in those sentences ?
I thank you for your answers, and for showing me the mistakes I madee in this post.
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Edited by bridg on 21-01-2010 23:10
Réponse: Who are they? de bridg, postée le 21-01-2010 à 23:14:17 (S | E)
Bonsoir.
Ce sont des interjections idiomatiques :
for Pete's sake! = nom d'une pipe!
et pour les autres vous avez tout ce qu'il faut ici:
Lien Internet
Cordialement
Réponse: Who are they? de the_guest, postée le 21-01-2010 à 23:27:22 (S | E)
Merci de votre réponse et en particulier pour le lien internet. Je pensais que Sam Hill avait un lien avec l'histoire des États-Unis ou de l'Angleterre et je n'aurais pas pensé à l'enfer.
Mais alors... le "Pete" de l'autre interjection serait-il une référence à Saint Pierre pour éviter de jurer en utilisant le nom de Dieu ?
En tout cas, merci encore bridg !
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