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Old 18-Nov-2007, 17:34
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Default Re: all I have to do is dream
There are certain exclamations, such as 'gee whiz" and "crickey", which are distortions of what would have been regarded as blasphemous oaths in the past. So, when swearing, instead of "Jesus!", it was contorted into "gee whiz".
Similarly, "crickey" is the distortion of "Christ".
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