tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-52912413020249030.post117644928118315216..comments2024-03-12T11:58:24.510+13:00Comments on Otagosh: How to say "Otagosh"Gavin Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17965552923012880262noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-52912413020249030.post-77259818557132550192011-06-20T01:45:47.452+12:002011-06-20T01:45:47.452+12:00"Those big bad euphemisms.... although to be ...<em>"Those big bad euphemisms.... although to be honest, I hear people around me in UCG using them more and more during fellowship times."</em><br /><br />That's unfortunate. I remember being shocked by the American YOU kids, who often found/fabricated creative "euphemisms" themselves. I remember thinking it was as if they had traded one "worldly" crutch for another. This would have been the mid- to late 1980s, in WCG.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-52912413020249030.post-35501967933935269472011-06-19T06:51:09.508+12:002011-06-19T06:51:09.508+12:00Well now I know. I have been using a short vowel ...Well now I know. I have been using a short vowel 'O' instead of the long vowel.<br /><br />It won't happen again. Thanks for the enlightenment.jack635https://www.blogger.com/profile/08419045741839152708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-52912413020249030.post-5542122502118271752011-06-19T02:47:57.150+12:002011-06-19T02:47:57.150+12:00Douglas, that's why I've been careful not ...Douglas, that's why I've been careful <i>not</i> to pronounce this name in public.<br /><br />Those big bad euphemisms.... although to be honest, I hear people around me in UCG using them more and more during fellowship times.Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11058030312904622191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-52912413020249030.post-43350264488136569192011-06-18T01:48:29.438+12:002011-06-18T01:48:29.438+12:00I admire your creativity.
I myself fabricate new ...I admire your creativity.<br /><br />I myself fabricate new words to advance our language to become ever more colorful -- not that it isn't excessively so now.<br /><br />My latest (though unnoticed) entry is asnide -- an infusion of making a snide remark as an aside.<br /><br />We'll be watching for your future contributions to make our language ever more colorful.<br /><br />Gosh, it will be fun, in spite of the euphemisms ["Lord, help us stamp out all those darned euphemisms!"].Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-52912413020249030.post-12624701986072322222011-06-17T23:24:30.039+12:002011-06-17T23:24:30.039+12:00Well, it tormented me! Every time I even thought a...Well, it tormented me! Every time I even thought about the blog I'd wonder how to pronounce it. If I'd just considered that it was based on a Maori word...oh well.<br /><br />Thanks for the plug!Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10437182150289507067noreply@blogger.com