Just saw the expression 'San fairy Anne ' (sic)

[Claybury]

On another thread. Is this serious or is it a genuine error ?

San fairy Anne to you.
Usually said in the heat of the moment as a last phrase of a disagreement or contrary stance.

He was getting on my nerves so much, that i told him to get lost so "san fairy Anne"

I burnt the buns so it was "San fairy Anne" to them.

My mum used to say it all the time as did most of the women of her generation.

British soliders in France heard what they thought was 'San fairy Ann' in the trenches of ww1. The majority (obviously) couldn't speak or understand French so this was they remember it being and it became a British forces exclamation of its own.. My granddad used to say it!

¿Çedilla? ¡Çedilla!

It's soldier's slang from the First World War. I can remember my Granddad saying it, maybe the poster can do the same.

medieval you got there before me!

Did yours also as "Nah Poo" meaning "empty" or "none left"?

*say

What an interesting thread. I had never heard the San Fairy Ann expression until tonight.

And always thought sweet FA stood for Sweet Fuck All.

Now I know better.

bonjour

British soldiers in the First World War were given printed phrasebooks with French phrases rendered phonetically. They were not even shown how the words were spelled properly in French nor was the pronunciation even particularly good.