Have any of you ever seen the oath “God’s nightgown!” used anywhere, either by an actual person or in a piece of literature, in your entire lives?
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Sure, Scarlett O`Hara, right?
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Apparently Scarlett O’Hara uses it in “Gone with the Wind”, but I was probably asleep by the time it was said!
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It’s ALL OVER the book, mostly from her father’s mouth– but it’s not like I haven’t read plenty of other stuff either set in the same time GOTW is or written around the same time GOTW was and I have *never* encountered that expression anywhere else before. Possibly could have been a bit more specific in the question. 🙂
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I have heard people use the phrase in the South of the US. If I am correct it means something like “I would rather burn it than have someone else touch it”
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Not me.
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Never heard it, but maybe it just hasn’t travelled to Australia. 🙂
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I can’t honestly say that I have.
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