No....the cough medicine with codeinejsluder wrote:Been hittin' the Nyquil again, eh?izzarina wrote:::exploding into more fits of giggles::
Oh. My. Heck.
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I haven't heard anyone around here use either expression.
"Oh my goodness" would be our closest version I suppose.
Bless my heart, soul, etc.
Bless it's heart( little heart)
I'll be
'pon my honor
are all common in these parts
In "impolite company" the following could be added-
'll be d#mned
I'll be a s.o.b.
I'll be g.d. and go to hell
"Oh my goodness" would be our closest version I suppose.
Bless my heart, soul, etc.
Bless it's heart( little heart)
I'll be
'pon my honor
are all common in these parts
In "impolite company" the following could be added-
'll be d#mned
I'll be a s.o.b.
I'll be g.d. and go to hell
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Our first apartment had a medicine cabinet over the toilet. The thought of our tooth brush falling in was enough to make sure that we always put down the seat and the lid so that nothing could fall in. Still, you would be surprised at the number of people that do not know what a useful thing the lid of a toilet is.jsluder wrote:The secret to a happy marriage is for the guy to always lower the toilet seat when he's done. Your wife will think you're being considerate, and it hides the splatter on the rim of the bowl.I.D.10-t wrote:...
and leaving the toilet seat in the wrong position
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Well... Duh... I heard the "Oh my, heck" while I was up in Minnesota last weekend... not my normal neck of the woods, so I don't know if the term is common there or not.
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I was going to add to the thread, but I think Cowtime summed up East Tennessee and likely most of Appalachia in her post, too!cowtime wrote:I haven't heard anyone around here use either expression.
"Oh my goodness" would be our closest version I suppose.
Bless my heart, soul, etc.
Bless it's heart( little heart)
I'll be
'pon my honor
are all common in these parts
In "impolite company" the following could be added-
'll be d#mned
I'll be a s.o.b.
I'll be g.d. and go to hell
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Well, isn't that interesting. I hear "oh my heck" on an almost daily basis. My ex-boss used to go one further and say, "Oh my heck all Friday" which you can easily see is "nice" for "oh my h*ll all mighty."
As you can imagine, we have a (nearly) profanity-free workplace. When our new administrator started (she's from Connecticut), there was a huge uproar because she spouted profanities throughout her conversation, including the Big One. Several employees were deeply offended. It was reported to the physicians and the administrator was told to cease and desist immediately. She still occasionally lets out an "oh my god," but we're working on it and I think we'll have her saying "oh my heck" before long.
Susan
As you can imagine, we have a (nearly) profanity-free workplace. When our new administrator started (she's from Connecticut), there was a huge uproar because she spouted profanities throughout her conversation, including the Big One. Several employees were deeply offended. It was reported to the physicians and the administrator was told to cease and desist immediately. She still occasionally lets out an "oh my god," but we're working on it and I think we'll have her saying "oh my heck" before long.
Susan
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Golly gee willickers, ya'll, I just don't reckon folks 'round these parts are inclined towards stronger language.
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If that was an honest-to-goodness born-and-bred Minnesotan, "oh my heck" indicates he or she was merely very, very painfully awkward at uttering expletives, even of the most prim and laundered kind. In my experience, that is just not normal Minnesota oathspeak. Nosirree bob.anniemcu wrote:Well... Duh... I heard the "Oh my, heck" while I was up in Minnesota last weekend... not my normal neck of the woods, so I don't know if the term is common there or not.
Or, maybe s/he had Utahan parents.
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Well... he does have a tendancy to utter utterly unlikely utterances, so it may just have been his version of someone else's favorite expletive. It just sounds kind of funny coming from a 6'2" blacksmith.Nanohedron wrote:If that was an honest-to-goodness born-and-bred Minnesotan, "oh my heck" indicates he or she was merely very, very painfully awkward at uttering expletives, even of the most prim and laundered kind. In my experience, that is just not normal Minnesota oathspeak. Nosirree bob.anniemcu wrote:Well... Duh... I heard the "Oh my, heck" while I was up in Minnesota last weekend... not my normal neck of the woods, so I don't know if the term is common there or not.
Or, maybe s/he had Utahan parents.
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