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Re: Blimey

from [Michael Marr] [Permanent Link][Original]
To: smith007@ix.netcom.com
Subject: Re: Blimey
From: Michael Marr <mmarr@execpc.com>
Date: Tue, 04 Feb 1997 10:13:28 -0600
Cc: Triumph Mailing List <triumphs@Autox.Team.Net>
Organization: A&C Enercom
References: <199702041358.HAA09029@dfw-ix9.ix.netcom.com> 
smith007@ix.netcom.com wrote:
> 
> >Blimey
> And what the heck does BLIMEY mean?
> 
> Phil Smith
> Tampa, FL.
> 69 TR6

Blimey, or, as you will hear in England, "Gor Blimey", is a contraction
of the mild, and in some books blasphemous, oath, "God blind me".  The
contraction probably occured in the 18th century, I believe.  Aren't
words interesting?
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