"Make no little plans"

[Mark A Mandel]

On Thu, 9 May 2002, Laurence Horn wrote:

#At 10:48 AM -0400 5/9/02, Beverly Flanigan wrote:
#>Thanks, Sal, for calming the usual riled waters.  But "nothing to fash
#>about"--new to me: meaning and source?
#>
#I noticed that too, assumed it must be from Fr. "se facher", but had
#never heard it.

I've seen it, but only in Scots and the reflexive: "Dinna fash yersel'"
= 'Don't get upset'.

-- Mark A. Mandel