Date:  Sat, 11 Mar 1995 13:40:50 GMT+1200

From:  Tim Behrend <t.behrend[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]AUCKLAND.AC.NZ>

Subject: Re: Expletive origin



> Date sent:   Fri, 10 Mar 1995 13:32:02 -0500

> From:      Leo Horishny <Leo_Horishny[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]POL.COM>



> I'm interested in the origin of the expression, "What in the Sam Hill is going

> on around here!?"

>





Sam Hill was a near-rhyming paraphrastic euphemism for hell, I think.



Tim Behrend

University of Auckland