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Philadelphia, PA - vz - Saturday, July 30th, 2005 : goo
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Peter: 1st Aug 2005 - 14:08 GMT
great stuff! i love it when someone takes the efort to make a little scene... like whomever did this... going to different levels of the structure and painting on both walls and ceiling... so whimsical and cool.
JJ: Awesome! I've never noticed these before.
elaine: 25th Oct 2005 - 06:56 GMT
well, it is now not viewed as anything like a swear word, and has an old fashioned feel to it, kids in comics might say it, but i don't know that any real children would, nowadays. it is also, i belive, particularly a 'cockney' expletive. it roughly means 'wow'. when i was little i was told off for saying it, and given the explanation it meant 'god blind me' which seems a pretty likely etymology to me.
here is what google define:"cor blimey" has to say www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&q=define+%22cor+blimey%22&btnG=Google+Search&meta=
jeeff: i think american 'gosh' or 'golly' is similar.
Lawrence: cor blimey, wicked stuff.
Jamie: 12th May 2008 - 08:41 GMT
it's funny. reading this, i seem to remember as a child being told something similar (about going blind) upon saying "cor blimey!". maybe a grandparent, i dunno.
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