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happyslug

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9. Fanny and Delilah are very old names, going back
Fri Aug 15, 2014, 01:31 PM
Aug 2014

Delilah is from the bible and the story of Samson, translated into English it means "She who
weakened"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delilah



Fanny is a derivative of the word "Francis" and its feminine version "Frances"and both in turn were derived from the word "Frank" as in the Franks that ruled Western Europe under Charlemagne. In turn Frank is believed to have meant in Ancient language of the Franks, to be "Free" or "Freemen". All these versions of Francis became popular during and after the life St Francis of Assisi.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_(given_name)

Since I posted a picture of Delilah, let me do one from St Francis:




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