2010-09-05

St. Peter's Sake

Ok. When it comes to investigating the origin of phrases 'Pete's Sake' wasn't that complicated to deduce. It had to be connected somehow to St. Peter or was it St. Petie? I forget. Is Peterborough named after St. Peter?

In any event, Pete's Sake takes less time than saying, "for the sake of St. Peter!"

I'm having a harder time pinning down "Fuck's sake" though. I know there was no St. Fuck. I hope not for the love of Christianity.

1 comment:

  1. From the title, I thought this was going to be about a saintly Japanese alcohol, but I was pleasantly surprised.

    While there's probably no St. Fuck, I think there's a Fuck St. in Sweden or something.

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