• Mr_Blott@feddit.uk
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    7 hours ago

    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!

    • SanguinePar@lemmy.world
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      60 minutes ago

      Never knew that jings crivvens was a placeholder for anything. I’m guessing ”Jesus, Christ and help me God"? TIL!