Sam Hell

[Mark Mandel]

I know "Sam Hill". Perhaps I should have said plainly that this was a
variant on it that I hadn't seen before, perhaps even an eggcorn.

m a m

On Mon, Jul 19, 2010 at 9:51 PM, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>wrote:

> 1974 _Village Voice_ (June 13) 4: Now what in the Sam Hell can a fusion
> bomb
> do?
>
> Syn. _Sam Hill_ goes back to at least 1827.
>
>
> JL
>
> On Mon, Jul 19, 2010 at 9:42 PM, Mark Mandel <thnidu at gmail.com> wrote:
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> > Subject:      Sam Hell
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> > From a friend's blog, part of an apostrophe to politicians:
> >
> > Before any of you tell us, we huddled masses yearning to be able to
> afford
> > > the basics of daily living, how to live, I want to see you do it right
> > now.
> > > On the same salaries, or lack thereof, we folks in the trenches are
> > dealing
> > > with right now.
> > >
> > > Otherwise how in the Sam Hell can *you* decide policy for the rest of
> us?
> > > Gentlemen and Ladies, if *you* can't do it and survive, how the Hell
> can
> > you
> > > expect us to?
> > >
> >
> > As lagniappe, notice the apposition to "us" of "we huddled masses
> yearning
> > to...".
> >
> > m a m
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