got-damn

[Paul Mackin]

On Dec 2, 2006, at 5:32 PM, Derek Milner wrote:

> Most of my relations in Arkansas use hot-damn instead of god-damn.  
> Stranger yet, my uncle Skeeter says something approaching "hot-toe- 
> mattie". I'm sure it puts a smile on god's face every time he does.


Reminds me of something. Does anyone remember a comedian of earlier  
television days who liked to say, "Hot damn you heifer." It sticks in  
my mind but I can't place the source.
P.
>
>
>> Both euphemistic and regional (in a space and time sense).  Any  
>> time and place the Bible rules, such euphemisms are employed.   
>> Back in the 1960's, even in the lefty, atheistic NYC circles I  
>> grew up in, the word "damn" was considered a little risque.  As it  
>> still is in Bible-thumping circles.
>>
>> Got-damn is kind of cute, in that you avoid saying "God" while  
>> letting the offensive "damn" slide.  A modern equivalent might be  
>> "fuckin' a."  American English has lots of these euphemisms --  
>> they definitely have a Western flavor (think Yosemite Sam):
>> "gol-darned," "drat," "dern," and "dag nab it" come to mind.  I  
>> read about some town, somewhere in the Bible Belt, that wanted to  
>> pass an ordinance making "Heaven-o" the official greeting.
>>
>> Laura
>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> >From: Ya Sam <takoitov@[omitted]>
>>> >Sent: Dec 2, 2006 12:29 PM
>>> >To: pynchon-l@[omitted]
>>> >Subject: got-damn
>>> >
>>> >One of the pet expressions of AtD characters. And again I don't  
>>> remember
>>> >reading it anywhere else. Is it some kind of euphimistic stuff  
>>> (not to say
>>> >'god-damn') or is it a more regional feature?
>>> >
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