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Davefromthefreeway

#326631 Fri, 09 Feb 07 03:04 AM

Is "oh, good God" considered profanity? It is considered a swear word...

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Philip

#326649 Fri, 09 Feb 07 03:37 AM

Davefromthefreeway wrote:
Is "oh, good God" considered profanity? It is considered a swear word...

In AE it's a very mild oath. No offense is taken, for the most part.

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Pchuang

#326790 Fri, 09 Feb 07 11:30 AM

it depends. for religous people, yes.

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Clive

#326983 Fri, 09 Feb 07 06:13 PM

Hi,

Well, for some religious people.

Best wishes, Clive

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Lil' Ruby Rose

#326989 Fri, 09 Feb 07 06:23 PM

"Oh, good grief!" is an inoffensive alternative.

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Eimai_Anglos

#327385 Sat, 10 Feb 07 05:30 PM

Technically it would be blasphemy - "taking the Lord's name in vain". Probably more offensive in America than in England, where truly religious Christians are very much a minority group.

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Clive

#327414 Sat, 10 Feb 07 06:09 PM

Hi,

"oh, good God"

I'm not so sure I'd say categorically that this is always blasphemy, if you define blasphemy as something like 'treating a sacred thing with a lack of reverence'.

Take an extreme case. If my car starts to skid off the road towards a tree and I say "Oh, good God", you could make a case that I am instinctively appealing to God for help. The same may be true when I use the phrase in other less serious situations.

Best wishes, Clive

Clive