/lit/ - Literature

By Jove! By Gum! By Golly! By George! Anon, why are you so bothered!?

>>21249253
Nobody says this shit. I roll my eyes every time I come across these phrases or laugh to my self because of how stupid it sounds.

I say these and I'm a homosexual nigger

>>21249371
How do you say these? in what sentences would you use these?

>>21249220
>he doesn't know about minced oaths
these expressions exist because people really do/did say them. deal with it, zoomer.

>>21249929
People who didn't want to swear would say them in any context in which somebody today might say OH FUCK, SHIT!

>>21249943
Nope, sorry, that never happened. Real people just said "Oh fuck, shit!" and they did so damn well since the Viking age.

>>21249220
>Nobody says this.
You mean, no-one in your circle. You might find this hard to believe, but people exist who don't use obscene or blasphemous language casually a thousand times a day.

>>21250496
using eccentric, extravagant phrases instead of simple slurs isn't any different

>Writing has to reflect speech

>>21249220
I say "Good grief" and "Goodness gracious" unironically because I stopped taking the Lord's name in vain and needed exclamations

>Well I never!

>>21250006
I guess you haven't met many earnest christians.

>>21249220
>BWUH!

>>21249220
I'm going to start using all of these just to spite you, by Jove.

>>21249220
Hot ziggety!

>>21249220
>Good lord!
uh, yeah I do. I understand most of these, but good lord is really common.

>>21249220
Sometimes I say "Kyaa!" and sometimes I say "Yee-Yee!"
I contain multitudes.

By the Balls of Bill Clinton!

>>21249220
I use egad, drat, confound it, yikes, and blast, reasonably often. My father uses what the dickens, great scott, dagnabbit, what in sam hill, heavens to betsy, jiminy cricket and goodness gracious along with dozens of others, he seems to enjoy collecting and using them.

>>21249220
aw hell naw nigga!

>>21249220
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9XKvQymsk10

>>21249220
yikes

Awww suki-suki now!

>>21249943
In what context would the reader need to know a character was thinking this? If an even warranted this kind of reaction, the reader would be able to assume that the character was thinking this.

Why ypipo be sayin' ish like that?! lmao

>>21249220
I do say some because some of those expression are part of my region's lexicon.
Stop being anglophobic

>>21252124
they're literally all americanisms except good lord

>>21251983
You aren't black, wigger.

>>21252144
>Americans aren't anglos

>>21252289
good lord no

>>21249220
>Good Lord
My old boss used to say it all the time. Usually with an exasperated sigh and a rolling of the eyes, but she said it a lot. So much so that I started doing it and continued ever since, even after leaving that job.
Good Lord.

>>21252328
yanks

>>21249220
I say goodness gracious

>>21249220
My dad says "Gee Wilikers"

>>21249253
fpbp

>>21250501
Sure it is. You won’t get smacked in the mouth

>>21249220
i say "good lord." i bet most of these are just crazy anachronistic to write these days. equivalent to saying "jesus christ!" today.

>>21252144
>they're literally all americanisms except good lord
You're retarded and haven't read a book in English older than the U.S. or even just contemporary with its creation is what you've just proved here.

It's called diglossia and you'd know about it if you read something other than fiction from the 1800s

>>21252684
>equivalent to saying "jesus christ!"
yhr rufk? are ytou underage? or hokld old am i:?

>>21252763
https://youtu.be/0cjVMOvJywk?t=17

>>21252686
well hell, aw shucks, really? heavens to betsy, you gotta be kidding, goshdarn it, the tarnation thing.

>>21249220
I often say Gadzooks! sometimes I say God's Hooks! If I really want to get my meaning across. I've cried Good lord and egad (actually egads, but whatever). I've exclaimed Great Scott! and Drat! (actually Drat and Double Drat!) So you see, you are wrong, confound it! Completly wrong.

>>21252983
Yep, still sounds cringe.