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I swan

Posted by R. Berg on January 25, 2010 at 17:59

In Reply to: I swan posted by Timothy H. Freeman on January 25, 2010 at 14:26:

: I would like to know where the phrase 'I swan' originated. My grandmother used that phrase alot ie 'well, I swan'.

Your grandmother was too much of a lady to utter the original: "I swear." ~rb

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