Made me think of this from Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy: "He hoped and prayed that there wasn't an afterlife. Then he realized there was a contradiction involved here and merely hoped that there wasn't an afterlife ..."
75% of my swears have something to do with religion, and im an atheist. IE: Holy sh*t God dammit etc.
I'm an atheist, and I try to replace the word God with Dog, wherever I remember to. It's just such a commonly used word though, it might as well be anything else I work with a guy that says "LOL" outloud. I want to butcher him.
I said it once forgot to mention that a single time thats all Then felt horribly embarrased and tried to cover it up But i had been on Msn for a while before that its like when you play cod all day and your instinct tells you to switch to a sniper when you see people in the distance moving....
I have, very rarely, said OMFG WTF BBQ!!! out loud when faced with an extremely geeky shock. In related news, I just spent 60 seconds trying to backspace the comma off the end of that last sentence before I realized it was crud on the screen I'll also occasionally say "I LOLed" and "noms" has become a regular part of my vocabulary.
NOMS is OK, because it's a sound effect. I often sit in work preparing to eat my anaemic 100 calorie diet sandwich, and say NOM or NYOM out loud, pretending that it's NYOMworthy. LOL is not acceptable. It's an abbreviation. In the same way that people who say "MySQL" as "MySequel" need a boot in the butt.
No no no no and no!! saying "LOL" and "Mysequel" (or spelling "mysiqual" like we do here in spanish speaking countries) its not the same. saying LOL its wrong because you are saying something you are suposse to be doin, laughing, its like instead of actually sneezing you go out and say "sneeze" or you say "cough" instead actually coughing. Now with MySQL, its an abreviation, and saying "mysequel" its just a faster way to refering to it, it just makes sence, in the work enviroment when you just need to point out to a platform and get to the point fast: "hey Mike, pls take a look at the mysequel database, something its wrong" or "hey mike, pls take a look at the My - Es - Qiu - El ..." Not the same...
Interesting that I should happen upon this thread today. I was watching the math last night when a newly-turned-atheist friend of mine, in the middle of commiseration, turned to me and asked, "Dude, do you still say 'Oh my God' and stuff?" Stuff like "Good God", "Oh my God", "Good heavens" and so on are more part of language than any real religious sentiment. Probably worse to say it as a religious person, because of the 'don't take the lord's name in vain' thing. TL;DR - I'm atheist and I say god, lord, heavens and hell all the time, even though I believe in none of them. Don't think I'll stop soon, unless habits change.
haha, no if I see people moving in the distance after playing COD I generally just switch to my tube... oh wait. I swear man, I ever hear you say... The Basillica of Torment would have another soul to toy with for all eternity. I'd smite you... smite you like Thor smites children... Indeed, Nom is also compared to when you've discovered that kebab/burger/godlikefood when you're really hammered and can't eat right, but then it becomes "NJOM!" yes sound it out loud as "Noj-um" ha. Nom is a fantastic word mind... It's also good to describe women/food/hardware/gadgets... I.e. "Wow she's hot" "mmm... Nom." "oooh gizmo's NOM!"
I've heard people using text speak in normal conversation its weird. "I was like OMG and he was like LOL, and I said JK !"
My clan mate says JK... which does my head in, but he says it in an insanely sarcastic way. "OH MY GOD AN AUG... JAY KAY"
To the dismay of some of my friends and family I actually say "LOL" "ROFL" "ZOMG" and "son of a beesting" but in terms of actually swearing usually i just shout "fat snake" or something when I get raped on BLOPS or when I'm at work (I don't get raped at work).
Yep Jezus (pronounced Jayzus)... Dutch use a lot of "God" in their cursing as well...and Genitals! C&C "FOR KANE!"
