Bloody Hell???

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I never say "bloody hell", I think it sounds stoopid in a Scottish accent.

And I always thought of it as a "shocked" term. Like, "Bloody hell! I just peed myself!" Sutin' like that.
 
I'm from england, (norwich if anyones heard of it) and it is used quite often here.
I say it ocassionally but it's a little tame compared to the usual things I say (I probably swear a little too much.)
I'm really surprised that people didn't know what it meant.
 
I know the meaning, but I never thought it's only from Brits. By the way, it sounds sexy on Spike's lips. James tried so hard with the accent. 😉
 
Revolver agrees: I think I'll start using it. People haven't been looking at me as a crazy crackhead near enough lately.
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Okay, so now i'm really curious - how many times per week would be the optimum number of times for people to look at you as a crazy crackhead?

🙂
 
Yes, it very much is. I've never heard anyone outside of the central US use the term 'crackhead' in a joking manner. 🙂
 
It's one of my favourite sayings - I use it contantly, whenever i want to add emphasis to something I'm saying.

From Wikipedia:
Bloody is the adjectival form of blood but may also be used as an expletive attributive (intensifier) in Australia, Britain, Ireland, Canada, South East Asia, New Zealand, and Sri Lanka. Nowadays it is considered (by most of the population of these countries) to be a very mild expletive, and unlikely to cause offence in most circles

and there's a whole article:Bloody - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
 
prophecygirl17 said:
I'm only from across the pond but I'm always disapponted when English people don't say it. I think it's a kind of regional thing as I have heard it more in upper class areas. It suits Giles🙂
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My area is posh, but the people around me use;

Bugger!!!
 
Bloody Hell! How ever did I miss this thread? 😉

I was told, way back when I was a callow youth...yes, best beloved, there were dinosaurs...that 'Bloody Hell' was a corruption of the expression 'by Our Lady of Hayles', which kind of tallies with the Wiki link posted by Tranq. It was linked in with medieval pilgrimages and such like, I believe, but it's been such a long time I can't remember the full details. It's an explanation I like, so I choose to believe it 🙂
 
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