Date:  Thu, 6 Nov 1997 11:02:42 -0600
From:  "Emerson, Jessie J" <jjemerso[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]INGR.COM>
Subject: Re: new subject

Related to "hell fire" are "shit fire" and "shoot fire" (all with with
fire pronounced similar to far) in the South.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: MELISSA S. SMITH [SMTP:mssmit01[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]morehead-st.edu]
> Sent: Thursday, 06 November, 1997 10:40 AM
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> Subject:   Re: new subject
>
> I think that "hell fire" is self explanitory. It's just an expression
> that describes just how bad something is. How better to do this then
> to
> compare it to Hell's fire? I've heard this for years. My
> grandparents
> said this constantly.
>
> Melissa S. Smith
> mssmit01[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]morehead-st.edu
>
> On Thu, 6 Nov 1997, STEVE ALLEN NOLDEN wrote:
>
> > Has anyone ever figured out the origin of the phrase "hell fire?"
> As
> > used by Jeff Foxworthy.
> >