goddams

I would call his attention, also, to the fact that the application by the French of the word goddams to the English did not, as he seems to think, begin in the eighteenth century.

The Strange Case of Pushkin and Nabokov Wilson, Edmund 1965

The French were referring to the English as "goddams" in their wars with them in the fifteenth century.

The Strange Case of Pushkin and Nabokov Wilson, Edmund 1965

There were no inspiring CETA murals in post offices, no CETA-built airports like LaGuardia (which was constructed by the WPA) and certainly no famous CETA dams, though there were a lot of "goddams" about the scandals that dogged the program.

unknown title 2009

There were no inspiring CETA murals in post offices, no CETA-built airports like LaGuardia (which was constructed by the WPA) and certainly no famous CETA dams, though there were a lot of "goddams" about the scandals that dogged the program.

unknown title 2009

She added that even the students who liked the book tend to find the language--“phony,” “her hands were lousy with rocks,” the relentless “goddams”--grating and dated.

Archive 2009-06-01 2009

She added that even the students who liked the book tend to find the language--“phony,” “her hands were lousy with rocks,” the relentless “goddams”--grating and dated.

Holden Losing His Hold? 2009

It has given rise to “les goddams” in France, “Godámes” in the Brazil and “Gotáma” amongst the Somal of Eastern

The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

* That is, if you give at least ten good goddams about literature!

More Butler Interview Excerpts : Edward Champion’s Reluctant Habits 2007

It has given rise to "les goddams" in France, "Godámes" in the Brazil and

Arabian nights. English Anonymous 1855

Sadly, the most interesting facts for me were that William was originally called "William the Bastard" (how's that for a name?), and that the French called the English "Les goddams", after the word they always heard the English use.

TravelPod.com TravelStream™ — Recent Entries at TravelPod.com 2009