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Exclamations (lemmy.blahaj.zone)
submitted 7 months ago by to c/curatedtumblr@sh.itjust.works
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[–] 6 points 7 months ago (9 children)

I guess technically "By the Nine" is a religious exclamation.

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  • [–] 2 points 7 months ago (7 children)

    The nine... Muses? Mothers of Heimdall? Months of childbirth? Worlds on Yggdrasil?

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  • [–] 2 points 7 months ago (5 children)

    The nine divines you apostate!

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  • [–] 2 points 7 months ago (4 children)

    Sorry you're going to have to elaborate :p

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  • [–] 2 points 7 months ago (3 children)

    It's an elder Scrolls reference :)

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  • [–] 1 point 7 months ago (2 children)

    You could substitute any number and get a superficially meaningless swear that means “substitute appropriately heavy blasphemy here”.

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