Definitions

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  • noun An abbreviation of Fahrenheit.

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  • noun music An anglicised spelling of fa.

Etymologies

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An anglicised spelling of fa.

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Examples

  • The most prevalent kind of pho (pronounced more like "fah") we see here in America is the beef variety.

    ScrippsNews 2010

  • The most prevalent kind of pho (pronounced more like "fah") we see here in America is the beef variety.

    The Herald-Mail Online 2010

  • The most prevalent kind of pho (pronounced more like "fah") we see here in America is the beef variety.

    ScrippsNews 2010

  • The most prevalent kind of pho (pronounced more like "fah") we see here in America is the beef variety.

    The Herald-Mail Online 2010

  • u don expose me as d secret dumb blonde oh. fayose or fashade, i no know. i know say 'fah' dey 4 de man name sha. forgive me. isha

    " I know a woman gives up a lot for the sake of her marriage, but I would often wonder if I'd given up much more than I was required" - FFF 2009

  • "fah", as in "phantom" and / or similar to Cantonese for flower.

    BC Bloggers 2009

  • "fah", as in "phantom" and / or similar to Cantonese for flower.

    BC Bloggers 2009

  • Nor do I hear the big foo-fah-rah anymore about those extra services that were being offered to those served ads by Phorm, such as spyware hunters that were actually for free to begin with.

    Phorm launches anti- Anti-Phorm site 2009

  • My favorite yogurt, Fage (pronoucned fah-yay), had a lovely display, and sampled out whole cartons of yogurt with honey or fruit on the side.

    2009 NASFT Fancy Food Show 2009

  • April 9th, 2009 at 12: 10 am wahh …. nice blog and pictures you have here. .good to have this japan food festival there .. oh, in my country (Malaysia) we called tofu in syrup - tofu-fah ..

    Japan Loves Its Cows 2009

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  • For, spoken through the nose.

    June 9, 2009

  • fɔ~?

    June 9, 2009

  • Also, "a long lone way to go".

    June 10, 2009

  • So?

    June 10, 2009

  • A long, long way to run. Geez, get it right :P

    June 10, 2009

  • blahahahahhaaaa!! :)

    June 10, 2009

  • Bilby: A needle pulling thread.

    June 10, 2009

  • I have jam and bread. I need a drink to go with it. Any suggestions?

    June 11, 2009

  • Tee!

    June 11, 2009

  • I always thought la was something of a cop-out, frankly. "A note to follow so." Gimme a break.

    June 11, 2009

  • Me too. Maybe the lyricist was tired that day.

    June 11, 2009

  • Do, se do qualcosa a te

    Re è il re che c'era un dì

    Mi è "mi" per dire "a me"

    Fa la nota dopo il mi

    Sol è il sole in fronte a me

    La se proprio non è qua

    Si e non ti dico no

    E così ritorno al Do.

    Italian version, where the crappy line is fa.

    June 12, 2009

  • Haha! I think I may prefer the Italian version!

    June 12, 2009

  • This, apparently, is the translation – according to my Systran Language Technologies Widget. All together now, boys and girls:

    I give, if I give something you

    King is the king who was of

    Me is in order to ago say "€œto me"€�?

    the famous one "€œto me"€�? after me

    Sol is the sun in forehead to me

    If just she is not here

    and not I say you not

    and so return to Do.

    June 12, 2009

  • A human-based translation (the words that sound like the note in Italian are in brackets):

    Do, if I give something to you

    Re is the king who lived once upon a time

    Mi is the "mi" which means "to me"

    Fa the note after mi

    Sol is the sun in front of me

    La if it's not here at all(*)

    Si and I don't tell you "no"(**)

    And this is how we get back to Do.

    * means "there"

    ** means "yes"

    June 12, 2009