Quote Originally Posted by Neo Emolga View Post
A lot of people have no qualms about using God's name in vain, and I try pretty hard to avoid doing that by saying something like "oh my gosh" or "oh snap" or something like that. I know these days atheism is becoming more of thing and a lot of people don't really care anymore, but I'm still a pretty firm Christian (not too crazy though) and I make a hard effort not to do that kind of thing.
I actually was raised Christian (Baptist, I guess) so for years (up until a few years ago) I never said the Lord's name in vain. xD Or swore that much. But now that I don't follow Christianity anymore, I do use it in vain. I try to avoid it around people who are religious though, just out of respect. My whole mother's side of the family is Christian (I have two uncles who are pastors and one of my mother's cousins is also a pastor) so I don't do it in front of them (or curse, of course). I still say "oh my goodness" or "oh my gosh" out of habit, and sometimes that little voice in the back of my head still tells me that it feels cleaner that way. XD When I get angry though, that's when I don't care as much. lel. THANKS, EMOTION.


I actually have a huge issue with "ta." As in, a replacement for "thank you" usually said to small children (for some reason). I always say "no worries" in response to a "thank you" so when someone says "ta" it feels like less of a "thank you" and more of an acknowledgement or something. Meaning that I don't think "no worries" fits it, so I always just stare at people in response instead. Maybe give a nod, you know. I've gotten into saying "na" as a humorous "no worries" equivalent to "ta" as a "thank you" abbreviation though. XD Also when my dad will say thanks in a different language (he doesn't speak any other language fluently; he just does it because yolo), I don't know how to say "no worries" in the same language...so again, I just stare. XD