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Known for. Victim of a notorious murder. Fanny Adams (30 April 1859 – 24 August 1867) was an eight-year-old English girl, who was murdered by a solicitor's clerk, Frederick Baker, in Alton, Hampshire, in 1867. Her murder was extraordinarily brutal and caused a national outcry in the United Kingdom.
Sweet Fanny Adams. Sweet Fanny Adams ist ein 1974er Album der Glam-Rock -Gruppe The Sweet . Im englischen Slang bezieht sich der Ausdruck „Sweet Fanny Adams“ auf den englischen Kindermörder Frederick Baker, der 1867 die achtjährige Fanny Adams umbrachte, und bedeutet ungefähr „Absolut nichts“.
“Fanny Adams (naval), tinned mutton.” It wasn’t until later that ‘sweet Fanny Adams’ came to mean ‘nothing’. The term ‘f*** all’ has long been with us with that meaning, although how long isn’t clear as politeness caused it not to be recorded in print until the 20th century.
23. Nov. 2023 · Frederick Baker. 'Sweet Fanny Adams' is used by the British to describe anything worthless. It is also the name of a beautiful young child who was brutally murdered in Victorian England. This is the story of Fanny Adams' death and how her name became a slang term.
23. Okt. 2023 · In 1869, canned mutton was given to the British Navy as a ration. The meat was disgusting, and the men joked that it wasn’t mutton; it was the remains of a little girl named Fanny Adams, who had been murdered several years prior. Somehow, Fanny Adams became slang for subpar-quality canned meat.
14. Okt. 2015 · The phrase ‘Sweet Fanny Adams’ came into popular usage in Victorian England to mean nothing or very little, but was there a real Fanny Adams? The answer is yes, and her story is anything but sweet.
The Sweet kennt man vor allem für den radiotauglichen Glam Rock aus den Federn des Songschreiberduos Mike Chapman und Nicky Chinn. Dass die Gruppe auch härter kann, stellt sie am 26. April 1974 mit ihrem zweiten Album Sweet Fanny Adams unter Beweis.
