Blown to smithereens

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Unregistered(d)	Blown to smithereens	Lead	[-]
Posts: 0 (07/12/02 06:14:59) More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Tags : None Anyone know where this one comes from?
Skibberoo	re: Smithereens	#1	[-]
Posts: 1648 (07/12/02 07:52:20) More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Comes from the Irish. In Irish 'smidirin' means 'fragment.' (with an English plural s)
DaveWilton	Re: re: Smithereens	#2	[-]
Posts: 7490 (07/12/02 08:18:41) Administrator More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	It dates to 1829. It may not come from the Irish. "Smidirin" may be from "smithereens" instead. Which came first isn't known. The "-een" ending, however, is distinctly Irish, so there is an Irish connection somewhere.

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