andyortlieb@lemmy.sdf.org to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 1 month agoWhat are your favorite old-timey and historical insults and incredulous expressions?message-squaremessage-square35fedilinkarrow-up173arrow-down10
arrow-up173arrow-down1message-squareWhat are your favorite old-timey and historical insults and incredulous expressions?andyortlieb@lemmy.sdf.org to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 1 month agomessage-square35fedilink
minus-squareMr_Blott@feddit.uklinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down1·1 month agoScotland was, oddly, the last country in the UK do get rid of blasphemy laws, so the generation before mine used phrases like - Jings, crivvens and help ma Boab! And In the name o the wee man!
minus-squareSanguinePar@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·1 month agoNever knew that jings crivvens was a placeholder for anything. I’m guessing ”Jesus, Christ and help me God"? TIL!
Scotland was, oddly, the last country in the UK do get rid of blasphemy laws, so the generation before mine used phrases like -
Jings, crivvens and help ma Boab!
And
In the name o the wee man!
Never knew that jings crivvens was a placeholder for anything. I’m guessing ”Jesus, Christ and help me God"? TIL!