Oh. My. Heck.

izzarina · Post by **izzarina** » Fri Sep 14, 2007 1:16 pm

jsluder wrote:
izzarina wrote:::exploding into more fits of giggles::
Been hittin' the Nyquil again, eh?

No....the cough medicine with codeine

jsluder · Post by **jsluder** » Fri Sep 14, 2007 1:20 pm

izzarina wrote:
jsluder wrote:
izzarina wrote:::exploding into more fits of giggles::
Been hittin' the Nyquil again, eh?
No....the cough medicine with codeine

Oh my. Heck.

cowtime · Post by **cowtime** » Fri Sep 14, 2007 6:34 pm

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

I.D.10-t · Post by **I.D.10-t** » Fri Sep 14, 2007 6:53 pm

jsluder wrote:
I.D.10-t wrote:...
and leaving the toilet seat in the wrong position
(Both positions are wrong so you are danged if you do and danged if you don’t)
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.

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.

anniemcu · Post by **anniemcu** » Fri Sep 14, 2007 8:49 pm

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.

Domhnall · Post by **Domhnall** » Fri Sep 14, 2007 11:09 pm

Nope, we like to swear in Canada.

P.S. I am leagally supposed to state that I do not represent my country's ideals in any way.

rhulsey · Post by **rhulsey** » Sat Sep 15, 2007 7:55 am

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

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!

Reg

susnfx · Post by **susnfx** » Sat Sep 15, 2007 9:13 am

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

peeplj · Post by **peeplj** » Sat Sep 15, 2007 9:42 am

Golly gee willickers, ya'll, I just don't reckon folks 'round these parts are inclined towards stronger language.

In the days when I was small, folks got their hides tanned fer usin' "them words."

--James

(And if ya'll believe that folks don't cuss in Arkansas, then I've got some lovely ocean-front property to sell ya'll round these parts.)

Alan · Post by **Alan** » Sat Sep 15, 2007 1:16 pm

peeplj wrote:(And if ya'll believe that folks don't cuss in Arkansas, then I've got some lovely ocean-front property to sell ya'll round these parts.)

Oh my heck!

I'll take a lot with a black sand beach and coconut palms please, James!

pipersgrip · Post by **pipersgrip** » Sat Sep 15, 2007 1:19 pm

sometimes i hear "Oh my gosh", but never "oh my heck".

Post by **Nanohedron** » Sat Sep 15, 2007 11:33 pm

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.

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.

Or, maybe s/he had Utahan parents.

anniemcu · Post by **anniemcu** » Sun Sep 16, 2007 12:50 am

Nanohedron wrote:
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.
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.

Or, maybe s/he had Utahan parents.

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.

Redwolf · Post by **Redwolf** » Sun Sep 16, 2007 8:46 am

I've never heard "Oh my heck," and I haven't heard "Oh my gosh" since grade school.

Redwolf

Alan · Post by **Alan** » Sun Sep 16, 2007 11:53 am

The only person I hear using 'Oh my gosh' is my landlady but she pronounces gosh as garsh. (Hard arrr.

)

I think she is originally from Iowa.

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Oh. My. Heck.

Are the phrases "oh my heck" and "oh my gosh" in common use in your area?