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kris4291 | 12:09 Tue 23rd Nov 2010 | Word Origins
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Can anyone explain where the saying "It's raining in Paris" when someones petticoat is showing comes from?
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never heard it....we used to say "Charlie's Dead" which i believe refers to the Bonnie Prince
12:42 Tue 23rd Nov 2010
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I always knew it as... it's snowing down south.
20:35 Tue 23rd Nov 2010
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Yep, we had "Charlie's dead", I've never heard the Paris one.
20:37 Tue 23rd Nov 2010
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Here's some explanations for Charlie.... http://www.thinkypedia.com/question/22146/
20:39 Tue 23rd Nov 2010
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Or, in Glasgow, '' Hey lassie! Yer slip's showin'! ''

Response...''Aye! And so's yer mother's! ''
13:07 Wed 01st Dec 2010

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