OUAI = "DAMN"?

Jane Harper jharper at ix.netcom.com
Mon Sep 14 21:03:58 EDT 1998


> that would be true if Woe were an obsolete word.  But it isnt.  The
> relatively educated pew sitter (the audience of Jesus) would know quite well
> what it meant.  And they would also know what "damn you" meant.  And they
> would know the difference between the two.

Granted.  However, my point was that the SV attempts to be a colloquial
rendering, in everyday language.  After all, I know what
"antidisestablishmentarianism" means, too, but I don't often use it from the
pulpit  :)

Janie

Jane Harper    jharper at ix.netcom.com
Pacific School of Religion, Berkeley, CA
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