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[peacefuldragon]

I've just found a group of Quite Interesting links that should keep me going, at least for tonight! Thought I'd share them

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[ck52_noworries]

o, I found out what the phrase "the dickens" means, well, just to let you know...I now know.

[peacefuldragon]

^^ Could you tell me, then, please? Or, you don't have to if you don't want to and I'll just look for it somewhere else. >_>

here you go

[ck52_noworries]

The exclamation "What the Dickens!" has nothing to do with the British writer of the same name.
Sorry, Charlie.
It was used by William Shakespeare in Act III, Scene 2 of The Merry Wives of Windsor and around the same time by Thomas Heywood in Act III, Scene 1 of Edward IV. The name Dickens was used in place of devil, as oaths calling on the evil one weren't well accepted.
A few other famous phrases from The Merry Wives of Windsor appeared elsewhere, as well. "...Familiarity will grow more contempt" was based on Maxim 640 by Publius Syrus; "as good luck would have it" mimicked the line "as ill luck would have it" that appeared in Cervante's Don Quixote.

Re: here you go

[peacefuldragon]

ho-hum. I wonder if that's where "Like the Dickens" came from too. I guess it must be. Neat. <3 Thanks.