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(06-06-2020, 11:28 PM)The ferret_imp Wrote: [ -> ]it's a southern Ohio word I guess lol. You guys never heard of beegeebers?

Very common in Western Pa. too.

(06-07-2020, 12:42 AM)VLJ_imp Wrote: [ -> ]Bejesus, sure. With 'beegeebers' I suspect mickey is just applying his usual PC filter to 'bejesus.'

Interesting. Ferret didn't make it up. I like words, how they develop, are used (I teach English, Spanish). I've heard / used "bejeebers" before, and always in the phrase that something "scared the bejeebers" out of me. I know I haven't used "bejesus" in the same phrase, but I think maybe I've heard it? I am from the midwest as well, and so possibly it is a regionalism.

I had to look it up, and found a site called "English Language and Usage" and there is an entry with the title: [url=https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/86868/meaning-of-bejesus-in-the-idiomatic-expression-the-bejesus-out-of#:~:text=mild%20expletive%2C%201908%2C%20perhaps%20from%20by%20Jesus.&text=As%20the%20OP%20has%20noted,preferred%20expletive%20of%20the%20Irish.]>>Meaning of “bejesus” in the idiomatic expression “… the bejesus out of …”<<

So, yep, VLJ, you spotted the connection in that "bejesus" does precede "bejeebers", and according to this site, the first time "bejeebers" appears in writing is from the '70s:

"Note the variant spelling in the quotation above. The spellings bejesus and bejeezus both first show up in 1932; bejaysus late in the same decade. The slightly more euphemistic “bejeebers out of” is much more recent; it first shows up in a letter to Time Magazine in 1973."

To me, "that scared the bejeebers out of me" sounds right--probably because I was raised in an environment that didn't accept profane language...and it could be a midwest thing.

what an educational post. Thanks pdedse. I don't recall bejeezus either

Jeezalou I use though. Is that midwestern too?

You know we say please here for"What?" As when someone says something you don't hear and you say" Please?" , meaning would you repeat that?

(06-07-2020, 02:45 AM)The ferret_imp Wrote: [ -> ]what an educational post. Thanks pdedse. I don't recall bejeezus either

Jeezalou I use though. Is that midwestern too?

You know we say please here for"What?" As when someone says something you don't hear and you say" Please?" , meaning would you repeat that?

Now that's a new one for me, yet it makes me think of the commonly used "mande" in Mexico (in place of "qué"). It's what you say both when someone calls you by your name to get your attention and it's what you respond with when you don't quite catch what they say. It's from the verb "mandar" which means "to order". So it's the equivalent of "at your service". Literally, it's the command form meaning "order (me)".

Or 'bueno,' which is used to mean both 'hello' and 'good.'

That one cracks me up.

Pero, “bueno” is simply short for “buenos dias,” “buenas tardes,” or “buenas noches.”

pdedse, I’d have pegged “bejesus” as Irish and was surprised to see it did ‘t turn up until 1931. So I went looking too. You might be interested in https://wordhistories.net/2018/12/23/bejesus-origin/

8. Remember, Saying “Please” Doesn’t Mean Someone Is Polite
“Please” in this city is the same as when other people would say “excuse me,” so don’t be confused when a local mishears you and seems to be extra polite.


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Ferret, you mean, “Puh-leeze?”

lol NO, just please, as in could you please repeat that?