Date:  Wed, 9 Nov 1994 21:48:50 CST

From:  "Donald M. Lance" <ENGDL[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]MIZZOU1.BITNET>

Subject: Re: swan/swanny



I should have added to my earlier posting that my reason for interpreting

'I swan' as a euphemism for 'I swear' was that my mother and others would

sometimes correct themselves, replacing the latter with the former.

A cousin's (female) use of 'swanny' is the strongest echo in my head, and

she used as an equivalent to 'I swan' but used both. All this is aside from

the etymologies, which we appreciate, and which are no doubt historically

accurate. The 'swanny' people I have in mind were born in Arkansas and

spent much of their lives in Texas.

                  DMLance