[PW] Re: femme fortune

[John P. Dyson]

Quoting MichaelMay.23435907 at bloglines.com:

> I'm seeking a definition for this phrase:
>
> femme fortune
>
> Can anyone cite
> an authorative source for a definition?


Over the years we've gotten lots of requests like this one.

For example, "What does 'spot' mean?"

So we scratch our heads and wonder what the context is: a dog's name? a 
solar disturbance? a rain stain on the ceiling? a paper money 
denomination? a beverage serving? Usually someone will guess and offer 
an earnest solution, but the response to it is often something like, 
"No, actually I need to know what 'spot-on' means."

Yours looks like a French version of Dame Fortune or Lady Luck, the 
personification of luck or fate. But the phrase is not capitalized, and 
besides we don't where it came from, so....

John Dyson
Spanish and Portuguese
Indiana University