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SuperESL Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

Doggone

How commonly do people - at least in America (or maybe Canada as well) - still use the informal word of expression 'doggone'?

I read it as being synonymous with 'damned' or 'damn':
Where’s the doggone key?
Don’t drive so doggone fast.
Well, doggone it!

Does the word carry any connotations? Does the use of it suggests a certain social background or age?

Thanks.
  

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Hi, Here in Canada, I rarely say that. When I do, it makes me feel slightly like a cowboy, and thus a little like I am being slightly funny. Clive

— Clive

  • Hi, Here in Canada, I rarely say that.
  • When I do, it makes me feel slightly like a cowboy, and thus a little like I am being slightly funny.
  • Clive
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Hi,

Here in Canada, I rarely say that.
When I do, it makes me feel slightly like a cowboy, and thus a little like I am being slightly funny.

Clive
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It is a euphemism for "*** damned" and is tame enough for children to use. It is not used in my dialect, except consciously as a ruralism.
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