[Lexicog] "Jesus Christ" as swear word

[William J Poser]

My parents told me that at their wedding the rabbi
was greatly impressed by the large, fancy wine-pitcher
(I don't know what to call this thing - those acquainted
with Jewish weddings will know what I mean) with bits of
family history engraved on it and exclaimed:

	"Jesus Christ, you could say Mass with this!"

I think he came from an Italian neighborhood.


--
Bill Poser, Linguistics, University of Pennsylvania
http://www.ling.upenn.edu/~wjposer/ billposer at alum.mit.edu


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