Timeline for Is "Thank god", as opposed to "Thank God", acceptable?
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| Mar 18, 2011 at 21:46 | comment | added | jbelacqua | @Rei Ah, now I understand what you're saying. I can see that. | |
| Mar 18, 2011 at 20:59 | comment | added | Rei Miyasaka | @jgbelacqua -- I think we probably just grew up watching certain shows on TV where women used the phrase, so when we subvocalize we tend to hear that voice. I can't remember which show that would be, but that's the feeling I get. | |
| Mar 18, 2011 at 15:56 | comment | added | jbelacqua | @Rei @tenfour. Hmm. I see "thank goodness" as a completely non-gendered abstract epithet. Am I not understanding your meaning? | |
| Mar 14, 2011 at 16:46 | comment | added | tenfour | I'd give it 15% female connotation too. | |
| Mar 14, 2011 at 14:39 | comment | added | Christopher Galpin | @Rei No, not the only one. | |
| Mar 14, 2011 at 13:40 | comment | added | Rei Miyasaka | @muntoo I know, eh? :P (Canadian, of course.) | |
| Mar 14, 2011 at 5:02 | comment | added | Mateen Ulhaq | @Rei Goodness, you're daft. (Brit style; give it an accent for full effect. ;) ) | |
| Mar 14, 2011 at 2:15 | vote | accept | Rei Miyasaka | ||
| Mar 14, 2011 at 2:15 | comment | added | Rei Miyasaka | Thank goodness should work. I think I'm probably the only one that has this bizarre preconception that it's a feminine phrase. Thanks! | |
| Mar 14, 2011 at 2:07 | history | answered | PLL | CC BY-SA 2.5 |