2006-07-18 13:32:56 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
"Sam Hill
This is an American euphemism for hell. It dates to at least 1839. The origin is unknown, but undoubtedly the hill is an alteration of hell.
Mencken repeats A.E. Sokol's 1925 suggestion that the Sam derives from Samiel, the devil in von Weber's opera Der Freishuetz, first performed in New York city in 1825."
2006-07-18 13:36:47 · answer #1 · answered by j14456um 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Even I don't know that and my name is Sam Hill, believe it or not.
www.members.optusnet.com.au/samhill1 - my website.
2006-07-18 20:38:35 · answer #2 · answered by coleridge49 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
After some guy in California
2006-07-18 20:37:30 · answer #3 · answered by justme 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
http://www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-sam1.htm
http://www.randomhouse.com/wotd/index.pperl?date=20000303
These sites have some ideas, but come to the conclusion that it's just basically a euphemism for the word 'hell'
2006-07-18 20:36:32 · answer #4 · answered by mom1025 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'd guess it was a euphemism for "what the hell...."
2006-07-18 20:36:07 · answer #5 · answered by Judy 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋