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Re: Swearing?
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lugnet.general
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Mon, 3 Jan 2000 16:13:27 GMT
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JOHNNEAL@USWEST.spamcakeNET
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Lindsay-
That sound you hear is me weeping for the future. From where does *that* kind of
nonsense come?
-John
Mr L F Braun wrote:
> -I still
> get essays from college students where they refuse to spell out "God" and will
> write "G-d".
>
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Message has 3 Replies:
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| (...) It's a very ancient belief that one is not to utter (and by extension, express in writing) the name of God. Or YHWH, or whatever. It's fairly doubtful that "God" is the _actual name_ of any deity, but, y'know, better safe than damned in hell (...) (25 years ago, 3-Jan-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| (...) This isn't something new. It's largely a Jewish practice, I believe, a refraining from writing the name of God on materials that might later be thrown away, defaced or erased. See Deuteronomy 12:3. A better explanation can be found at the (...) (25 years ago, 3-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) Which nonsense, my feeling that it's unusual or the practice of eradicating the "o"? If the former, it's because I'm a Unitarian, and because most of the essays I get don't shy away from capital-G God in expository writing. (And no, I *never* (...) (25 years ago, 4-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) "leaked 2001 scans?" :) (...) [dashing out of word is mine, and made only because my newsreader won't allow me to insert an extra screen of carriage returns.] I have to agree with Tony on that particular word and its ilk. However, it's not a (...) (25 years ago, 1-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
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