WB: <Awe, shucks!> (also sp. <aw-shucks aw shucks, aw, shucks>). Less frequent variant, <Ah, shucks!>. (Cf. Ah/Oh/?Aw sh*t!) (Try slot&filler: A/E/I/O/U, & sometimes Y shi*t. Never mind.) ------------------------------------------------------------ The American Dialect Society - http://www.americandialect.org