Using GOD Damn it, OH GOD, and Jesus Christ....Oh my!!

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Permalink Reply by Mark Johnston on October 26, 2012 at 12:21pm

Yes, I too say "bless you" when I hear a sneeze for a couple of reasons.

The sneezer expects to hear it so I need to say it in order to be sociable.

And if the people listening hear an atheist saying a polite blessing, they might start to wonder a little bit about atheism.

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Permalink Reply by Jenn Wiffen on October 26, 2012 at 1:09pm

I guess we could give it to the theists to come up with good curse words, I don't think we Atheists could do better really, it would just come out silly saying 'Darwin IT!!'

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Permalink Reply by Alan Perlman on October 27, 2012 at 9:44pm

I did a blog post on this back on June 17.  I invite everyone to read it if you haven't.

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Permalink Reply by Mordekhai ben-Yosef on October 27, 2012 at 9:48pm

God fuckin' damn it, Alan, I read it. Bloody good show, says I. ;-)

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Permalink Reply by Alan Perlman on October 28, 2012 at 4:10pm

Mordecai, thanks so much.  You used "God" just as I would have.

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Permalink Reply by Mordekhai ben-Yosef on October 28, 2012 at 5:19pm

We assign items their proper place, you and I. And we agree in this!

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Permalink Reply by booklover on October 28, 2012 at 4:29pm

Hi there Motti my friend!  You swear like a sailor!  Me too!!! ~ Melinda (Mindy to you! ;)

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Permalink Reply by Mordekhai ben-Yosef on October 28, 2012 at 5:22pm

Mindy, I cannot imagine so refined a person as you would resort to such expressions. Christ-on-a-crutch, say it ain't so!

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Permalink Reply by booklover on October 28, 2012 at 7:04pm

Sorry Motti, it's true.  I have a potty-mouth. :)

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Permalink Reply by Mordekhai ben-Yosef on October 28, 2012 at 7:59pm

Oh well. Enjoy the f trip.

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Permalink Reply by booklover on October 28, 2012 at 8:28pm

lol :)

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Permalink Reply by Mordekhai ben-Yosef on October 29, 2012 at 4:07am

Hell if I want to get into swearing round the world. All god's chilluns gots they ways and means to make they feelin's felt by other'ns.

My mother tongue is the Queens English; born in Manhattan, I grew up in the Rockaway Beach section of Queens. ;-p In the course of my life I have added curses from other languages heard in the streets and they have enriched me. Words from Greek, Italian, and Spanish were among the first I added to the repertoire. Later I found that some of the colorful words in Yiddish were taken from Slavic languages; more for my patois of profanity.

Much of this "bad talk" is tinged with religious overtones; I've heard Sicilian grandmothers curse god in frustration, and god knows these women are believers. It's part of natural discourse and to censor myself either way is unnatural.

One of my favorite imprecations is generally a big hit with people. It doesn't profane, but disdain? Oh my, indeed! It comes from Yiddish: May a baby be named for (that person)! Soon! :-)

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