On Sun, 20 Mar 2011 10:50:21 +1000, "Ozgirl"
> wrote:

>
>
>"W. Baker" > wrote in message
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>> Ozgirl > wrote:
>>
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>> : >>>> I have heard about that place I don't think there is too many
>> : >>>> Aussies involved with it, I haven't heard an Aussie say
>> "blooming"
>> : >>>> since umm ummm *ever* :-) Now if they were Bloody onions, that
>> : >>>> would show an Aussie involved in it somewhere.
>> : >>>
>> : >>> Ewww.
>> : >>>
>> : >>>
>> : >> Julie, read 'damned' instead of Bloody, you will get a better
>> : >> interpretation
>> : >> i await further clarification from "countries divided by a common
>> : >> language"
>> : >
>> : > I don't know. I worked with a woman from England. Her husband
>> was
>> : > from Australian. One of them gave me a different definition of
>> the
>> : > word. Not one I could say with little children around.
>>
>> : Its a very benign word. On a scale of 1 to 10, the F bomb being 10
>> it is
>> : a 1.
>> : >
>> : >
>>
>> That's becsue in our time,, religious swearing is no big deal, as
>> most
>> people don't take it that seriously, but sex is a big deal and
>> preoccupation so sex swear words are much more serious.
>
>
>I really don't know anyone who would view the word bloody as a religious
>word. Even in the 50's when I was born no one saw a problem with men
>saying it sometimes and that was a time when swear words like s*&t,
>ba#$%@d etc would have got you locked up if said in public. So I doubt
>anyone has thought about or even known the supposed origin of the word
>bloody for a very long time.


I was told some years ago that it wasn't nice to use, but then I am an
American and it isn't widely used here. In this country if someone
said "bloody" this or that, nobody'd bat an eyelash.

Evelyn