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For crying out loud
I assume there is no doubt that "criminy" is a way of avoiding saying "Christ".**
What about "For crying out loud"? Is that the same thing?**
**These are English usage questions. Someone off-topic maybe is the reason. I have always thought it is out of respect for Jesus that people avoid using his name, etc. lightly. Am I right?
Posters should say where they live, and for which area they are asking questions. I was born and then lived in Western Pa. 10 years
Indianapolis 7 years
Chicago 6 years
Brooklyn, NY 12 years
Baltimore 26 years
What about "For crying out loud"? Is that the same thing?**
**These are English usage questions. Someone off-topic maybe is the reason. I have always thought it is out of respect for Jesus that people avoid using his name, etc. lightly. Am I right?
Posters should say where they live, and for which area they are asking questions. I was born and then lived in Western Pa. 10 years
Indianapolis 7 years
Chicago 6 years
Brooklyn, NY 12 years
Baltimore 26 years
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** What about "For crying out ... always thought it is out of respect for Jesus that people avoid using his name, etc. lightly.
- ** What about "For crying out ...
- always thought it is out of respect for Jesus that people avoid using his name, etc.
- lightly.
- [/nq] John Ciardi sez: for crying out loud!
- Exclamation of vexation.
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[nq:1]I assume there is no doubt that "criminy" is a way of avoiding saying "Christ".** What about "For crying out ... always thought it is out of respect for Jesus that people avoid using his name, etc. lightly. Am I right?[/nq]
John Ciardi sez:
for crying out loud! Exclamation of vexation. (A minced oath. A late-XIX Am. altered form of for Christ's sake! or Chrissake! As if the speaker h
John Ciardi sez:
for crying out loud! Exclamation of vexation. (A minced oath. A late-XIX Am. altered form of for Christ's sake! or Chrissake! As if the speaker h
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[nq:2]I assume there is no doubt that "criminy" is a ... people avoid using his name, etc. lightly. Am I right?[/nq]
[nq:1]John Ciardi sez: for crying out loud! Exclamation of vexation. (A minced oath. A late-XIX Am. altered form of for ... to the meaningless "...ing out loud!" Gee! Geez! and Gee whiz! are similarly bitten off and altered forms of Jesus.)[/nq]
Totally fascinating! I had no
[nq:1]John Ciardi sez: for crying out loud! Exclamation of vexation. (A minced oath. A late-XIX Am. altered form of for ... to the meaningless "...ing out loud!" Gee! Geez! and Gee whiz! are similarly bitten off and altered forms of Jesus.)[/nq]
Totally fascinating! I had no
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[nq:1]I assume there is no doubt that "criminy" is a way of avoiding saying "Christ".** What about "For crying out loud"? Is that the same thing?**[/nq]
*** A! is common.
*** A! is common.
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[nq:2]John Ciardi sez: for crying out loud! Exclamation of vexation. ... whiz! are similarly bitten off and altered forms of Jesus.)[/nq]
[nq:1]Totally fascinating! I had no idea some of these exclamations were aborted mentionings of ***. Especially 'criminy' and "For crying ... and relatives, even though such prudishness smacks of almost Taliban-ness, and seems preposterous from a natural, ag
[nq:1]Totally fascinating! I had no idea some of these exclamations were aborted mentionings of ***. Especially 'criminy' and "For crying ... and relatives, even though such prudishness smacks of almost Taliban-ness, and seems preposterous from a natural, ag
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[nq:1]I knew "criminy" was a probably corruption of "Christ", but "for crying out loud" had never occurred to me as being in the same boat.[/nq]
"Criminy" I've never heard of, but I do say "for crying in a bucket".
Steve Hayes from Tshwane, South Africa
Web: http://hayesfam.bravehost.com/stevesig.h
"Criminy" I've never heard of, but I do say "for crying in a bucket".
Steve Hayes from Tshwane, South Africa
Web: http://hayesfam.bravehost.com/stevesig.h
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[nq:2]I assume there is no doubt that "criminy" is a ... about "For crying out loud"? =A0Is that the same thing?**[/nq]
[nq:1]*** A! =A0is common.[/nq]
In both senses, but are you connecting it with "for crying out loud"? I've certainly never known what the "A" is.
And is "***" the past participle? There's a very well-known joke about Boston lurking here.
Jerry Friedman
[nq:1]*** A! =A0is common.[/nq]
In both senses, but are you connecting it with "for crying out loud"? I've certainly never known what the "A" is.
And is "***" the past participle? There's a very well-known joke about Boston lurking here.
Jerry Friedman
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Steve Hayes filted:
[nq:2]I knew "criminy" was a probably corruption of "Christ", but "for crying out loud" had never occurred to me as being in the same boat.[/nq]
[nq:1]"Criminy" I've never heard of, but I do say "for crying in a bucket".[/nq]
My grandmother used to exclaim "for cryin' out softly in the rain"...I can't be sure it wasn't a song lyric at one time..r
"Oy! A cat
[nq:2]I knew "criminy" was a probably corruption of "Christ", but "for crying out loud" had never occurred to me as being in the same boat.[/nq]
[nq:1]"Criminy" I've never heard of, but I do say "for crying in a bucket".[/nq]
My grandmother used to exclaim "for cryin' out softly in the rain"...I can't be sure it wasn't a song lyric at one time..r
"Oy! A cat
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[nq:2]*** A! is common.[/nq]
[nq:1]In both senses, but are you connecting it with "for crying out loud"? I've certainly never known what the "A" is.[/nq]
From "Forever and aye . I think.
Another version of "cry": For cry eye (or maybe some would have spelled it "aye").
And then for criminy: criminently.
[nq:1]In both senses, but are you connecting it with "for crying out loud"? I've certainly never known what the "A" is.[/nq]
From "Forever and aye . I think.
Another version of "cry": For cry eye (or maybe some would have spelled it "aye").
And then for criminy: criminently.
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[nq:2]John Ciardi sez: for crying out loud! Exclamation of vexation. ... whiz! are similarly bitten off and altered forms of Jesus.)[/nq]
[nq:1]Totally fascinating! I had no idea some of these exclamations were aborted mentionings of ***. Especially 'criminy' and "For crying ... and relatives, even though such prudishness smacks of almost Taliban-ness, and seems preposterous from a natural, ag
[nq:1]Totally fascinating! I had no idea some of these exclamations were aborted mentionings of ***. Especially 'criminy' and "For crying ... and relatives, even though such prudishness smacks of almost Taliban-ness, and seems preposterous from a natural, ag
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[nq:2]Totally fascinating! I had no idea some of these exclamations ... and seems preposterous from a natural, agnostic point of view.[/nq]
[nq:1]I knew "criminy" was a probably corruption of "Christ", but "for crying out loud" had never occurred to me as being in the same boat.[/nq]
Did Walt Disney understand the meaning of "Jiminy Cricket"?
Peter Moylan, Newcastle, NSW, Australi
[nq:1]I knew "criminy" was a probably corruption of "Christ", but "for crying out loud" had never occurred to me as being in the same boat.[/nq]
Did Walt Disney understand the meaning of "Jiminy Cricket"?
Peter Moylan, Newcastle, NSW, Australi
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