I love this phrase. You can stick it anywhere in a conversation to spice it up. *Surprise* BY GAWD! *checking out a chick at Wal-Mart* "check out dem tits, by gawd" *Paying too much for gas* "BY GAWD THESE PRICES ARE KILLING ME! Oh yeah and a pack of Kools..." *waxing religion* "I'm Atheist and proud of it by gawd" You have to say it just like that. None of that by god shit. Kentucky has taught me a lot! For added effect spit out tobacco juice after every By Gawd.
I use a measure of" By Gawd" in assessing paint colors for cars I'm restoring. For example a fine, true screaming red may described as a "By Gawd" color. As in " By Gawd that sumbitch is Red ain't it! Thus any color that is so intently rich and undeniably the essence of that particular color is said to be a "By Gawd" color. For example; What color you gonna paint that ol truck Bubba. Ima paint the sumbitch "By Gawd" Green you ignernt shit. What the hell other color is there fer a truck? Does this make any sense??? if not let me know and I'll up my meds again.
By Gawd dawg, I think you folks may be onto something! I will try to use this phrase as much as possible, starting from this point onwards. GETTER' DUN SKEETER
They make my goddam brain feel like a toasted marshmeller By Gawd, all puffyed up on the inside and burnt around the edges.
At My Age All I Know How To Paste, Is The Sticky Goo That I Use To Attach The "Sensors" *little pads with wires running off them* For My Heart Monitor, Prostate Monitor, Blood Pressure Monitor, Bowel Evacuation Monitor, Arthritus Monitor, Bedwetting Monitor, Drooling Monitor, Excessive Alchohol Intake Monitor, Ejaculation Monitor..*cancel the last one*.. ..etc etc etc....I Guess By Now You Get The Picture... Cheers Glen. DISCLAIMER.:-...Note To Any Reader That Is So Nieve As To Believe This Crap, Tis Just A Post Made In Fun, And At Last Check There Are NO Monitor Patches, NOR Has There EVER Been ANY Attached To ANY Part Of GLEN...:2thumbsup:.
Whenever I think of people who say that phrase, the first thing that comes to mind is rednecks. Yeah, I'm not picking up what you're putting down on this one.
By gawd, this thread sucks. amidoinitrite? (also, the economy, politics, the DEA, and a host of other things, don't feel bad, your thread is the least of the suck)
It's a scathing yet realistic view of rural Kentucky seen through my urbanite yet all seeing optical viewers meant to imbibe a feeling of wellbeing and easyness knowing that you're not the one sourounded by "Coal keeps the lights on" bumper stickers... by gawd.
I've never been so glad for the "Live Aloha" bumper stickers that I'm surrounded by than at this very moment.
Its funny because I'm seeing "by gawd's" in a lot of different threads now... Maybe we're starting a new trend on HF?
Just for what is worth (not much) Southern Illinois is prudy backwoods too by gawd...we're about a half hour from Paducah KY. This kinda dialect is native to the region without regard to borders and boundaries. That said a lot of my friends would appear to be redneck as hell but they listen to NPR, discuss sane politics and have remarkably open minds...redneck intellectuals by gawd.
