By Godfrey...

[Dan Shane]

SIGVALD ASKS:

> > "By Godfrey" is an USA acceptable way of saying
> > "by God"
>
> OK, but how is this according to Disney policy? I've
> got the impression that it's somehow tabu to mention
> the christian God, Jesus Christ, etc. in Disney
> comics.

AND I REPLY:

The English language uses many euphemisms to replace "objectionable" words.
Many of them have become perfectly innocent phrases to most people, and some
have more familiar roots than others.  Disney probably views most or all of
the following as acceptable forms of "cursing" since most English speaking
people don't call to mind the root words when hearing the bowdlerized
counterparts.

God -- Gad, Godfrey, gosh, golly
Jesus -- Geez, Gee Whiz
Jesus Christ -- Jiminy Crickets (let's see Disney remove that one from their
canon!)
Jehovah -- Jehosophat, Jove (also the Roman name for Zeus)
Hell -- heck
Damn -- dang, darn
God damn -- daggone, doggone, dadblast, dadgum

Dan (not part of the above list, just my name)