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Re: Bye, bye LUGNET
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lugnet.admin.general
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Wed, 2 Mar 2005 18:06:44 GMT
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In lugnet.admin.general, Ken Dowd wrote:
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> 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 awesome!" far more offensive than Richard M's infamous f-bomb post(1).
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> Ken
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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 spectacular to me and my property for me to
take offense at something these days...
Dave K
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| (...) 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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| | Re: Bye, bye LUGNET
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| (...) 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)
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