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February 15, 2013, 09:30 PM
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By George!
Literally, ¡por [San] Jorge!, which may work in some contexts...
But Spanish would use something like "¡por Dios!" "¡pardiez!" "¡rediez!" I take the English exclamation is or may be a bit dated... Any good ideas for the Spanish? Any good derivations and data on the original meaning?
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#2
February 15, 2013, 10:09 PM
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Jesús, María y José!
Pero en Chile lo más seguro diríamos "xuxa!"   
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February 15, 2013, 10:17 PM
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"¡Xuxa!"
En Andalucía: "¡Ozú!"
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February 15, 2013, 10:19 PM
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Mi imagino que es lo mismo, no? Tú ya sabes a lo que me refiero....
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February 16, 2013, 02:27 AM
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The English used to be inhibited about referring directly to god when uttering some expletive, so used to distort it. By George is a corruption of By Jove. which itself is a substitute for By god. There are quite a few such examples of distorted reference to god in expletives, and they are called minced oaths. Blimey! (¡caray!) = may god blind me Gosh! (¡caramba!) = god Crikey! (¡caramba!) = Christ Golly! (¡caray!) = god (see link for more) Edit: in this context, oath means juramento in the sense of a curse, not a promise. Last edited by Perikles; February 16, 2013 at 02:39 AM.
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February 16, 2013, 07:23 AM
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oath/swear in that sense means "maldecir" (to curse/imprecate/insult)
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#7
February 16, 2013, 03:46 PM
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By golly, Perikles!
Thank you.
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February 18, 2013, 04:38 PM
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- ¡Ay, por Dios! - ¡Por todos los santos! - ¡Santa Madre de Dios! - ¡Válgame (Dios, el Cielo)! - ¡Dios y la Virgen y todos los santos! o bien... - ¡Por Tutatis! 
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February 18, 2013, 08:33 PM
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¡Ah!
¡Gracias AdA!  ¡Por Tutatis! y ¡Por Belenos! Pensé en estos dos, (y en ¡Por Júpiter! By Jove!) cuando escribía mi pregunta... aunque no cuadran en un contexto no "gosciniano"... ¡Pero eres buena "vidente"!
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