Assorted curses (TOT=terribly OT)

[Stefan Persson]

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From: "Becca Ridout" <skyrat13 at hotmail.com>
To: <dcml at stp.ling.uu.se>
Sent: Friday, February 16, 2001 6:40 PM
Subject: Re: Assorted curses (TOT=terribly OT)


> hmmm...come to think of it, 'pete' seems to be the offical replacement for
> 'God'....another common substitution phrase is: "geeze-oh-pete!"
> who the heck is this mysterious 'pete'?!!!!!!!!!!!

The Dutch "Zwarte Piet"?