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Old 04-10-2018, 07:42 AM
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What's the origin of the phrase 'San fairy Ann'?

A deliberate jokey corruption of the French phrase 'Ça ne fait rien' - it doesn't matter.
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Actually where I lived in London, we used to say 'San fairy coppersticks' but where that came from I havn't a clue!

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