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    Re: Bye, bye LUGNET —Tore Eriksson
   (...) LOL, this is so cultural. I have had a lot of contact with youth from the Swedish equivalent to Assemblies of God. They would never ever take the Name in vain or mention the opposite of Heaven if they aren't talking about that final (...) (20 years ago, 2-Mar-05, to lugnet.admin.general)
   
        Re: Bye, bye LUGNET —Ken Dowd
   (...) Interesting point - the difference between profanities and vulgarities. Here on Lugnet mild instances of taking God's name in vain occur seemingly without making a blip on the radar. But, personally, I find a post like, "OMG! That MOC is (...) (20 years ago, 2-Mar-05, to lugnet.admin.general)
   
        Re: Bye, bye LUGNET —David Koudys
   In lugnet.admin.general, Ken Dowd wrote: <snip> (...) <snip> As a Christian, I used to 'take offense' to OMG. But over the last decade, I write (and say), "Oh My Goodness!" so that's how I choose to read OMG now. You'd have to do something pretty (...) (20 years ago, 2-Mar-05, to lugnet.admin.general)
   
        Re: Bye, bye LUGNET —Mark Jordan
   (...) You are in good company! That's exactly why that usage was invented some time in the last couple of centuries. You could also read it as "Oh my gosh" or even "Oh my golly". Gosh and golly (euphemisms for God) were also invented to stop people (...) (20 years ago, 4-Mar-05, to lugnet.admin.general)
 

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