Strewth!

[nq:1]Does strewth mean blimey?[/nq]
No. 'strewth == "***'s truth"; blimey = (probably) "blind me."
From the 2:
'STREWTH
vulgar.
Short for ***'s truth, used as an oath. See 'S.
1892 KIPLING Barrack-room Ballads 20 Mad drunk and resisting theGuard'Strewth, but I socked it them hard! 1913 A. J. REES Merry Marauders ix. 149 'Strooth! he's looked up all our lines. 1915 (see KIN

[nq:2]Does strewth mean blimey?[/nq]
[nq:1]No. 'strewth == "***'s truth"; blimey = (probably) "blind me."[/nq]
Well, the origins are different, as you point out, but the oaths are used to mean pretty much the same thing, so the answer to the OP's question could be Yes.
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Greetings.
[nq:1]Does strewth mean blimey?[/nq]
Etymologically, no, though they're used for much the same purpose.

Strewth is one of a number of contracted interjections of the form "***'s x", where x in this case is "truth". Another common one is "***'s wounds", resulting in "swounds". I'm sure there's at least one more which I'm presently forgetting; perhaps someone could help m

[nq:2]Does strewth mean blimey?[/nq]
[nq:1]Etymologically, no, though they're used for much the same purpose. Strewth is one of a number of contracted interjections of ... resulting in "swounds". I'm sure there's at least one more which I'm presently forgetting; perhaps someone could help me out...[/nq]
There's the obsolete "Ods bodikin," "Ods bodikins," "Od's bodikin," "Od's bodikins" (no

[nq:2]Does strewth mean blimey?[/nq]
[nq:1]Etymologically, no, though they're used for much the same purpose. Strewth is one of a number of contracted interjections of the form "***'s x", where x in this case is "truth". Another common one is "***'s wounds", resulting in "swounds".[/nq]
Or, more commonly, "zounds".
[nq:1]I'm sure there's at least one more which I'm presently forgetting

For a Christian, unless he is an Arianist (aka Unitarian), Jesus is* ***, so Jesus' hands are ***'s hands. That doesn't explain *why some form of "***" rather than a form of "Jesus" is used in "zounds" and "Gadzooks," but there is no contradiction involved. And note that "Ods bodikin," which I mentioned before, and which is a euphemistic form of a diminutive form of "***'s body," is referri

[nq:2]Or, more commonly, "zounds". AHD4 lists "'sblood", from "***'s blood", ... had thought that they were supposed to be Jesus's hands.[/nq]
[nq:1]For a Christian, unless he is an Arianist (aka Unitarian), Jesus *is* ***, so Jesus' hands are ***'s hands. That ... of a diminutive form of "***'s body," is referring to the body of Jesus in the form of the Host.[/nq]
No source for it, but I

Greetings.
[nq:2]I'm sure there's at least one more which I'm presently forgetting; perhaps someone could help me out...[/nq]
[nq:1]AHD4 lists "'sblood", from "***'s blood", but they label it "archaic".[/nq]
Yeah, that's the one I was thinking of but couldn't remember. Actually, I've heard neither "'sblood" or "'swounds" used in earnest. Does anyone here use these expressions, or has a

[nq:2]There's also "Gadzooks", from "***'s hooks", which MWCD10 and AHD4 ... had thought that they were supposed to be Jesus's hands.[/nq]
[nq:1]For a Christian, unless he is an Arianist (aka Unitarian), Jesus *is* ***, so Jesus' hands are ***'s hands.[/nq]
Just in case it wasn't clear, my apparent misunderstanding was between "nails" and "hands", not between "***" and "Jesus".

Ev

[nq:2]Or, more commonly, "zounds". AHD4 lists "'sblood", from "***'s blood", ... had thought that they were supposed to be Jesus's hands.[/nq]
[nq:1]For a Christian, unless he is an Arianist (aka Unitarian), Jesus *is* ***, so Jesus' hands are ***'s hands. That ... languages, someone said that the first thing that the word had made them think of was Aryanism, i.e., **** crackpottery.[/nq]