Wayne B: Boshemoi ????

Lynn Gifford said:

What does this mean and where does it come from? Lynn in Fargo

It's a Russian interjection that I picked up reading Marvel comics.

--Blair "'Nuff said."

Blair P. Houghton said:

Lynn Gifford said:

What does this mean and where does it come from? Lynn in Fargo

It's a Russian interjection that I picked up reading Marvel comics.

--Blair "'Nuff said."

I learned it as 'my God'.

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Lynn Gifford said:

What does this mean and where does it come from? Lynn in Fargo

It's a Russian interjection that I picked up reading Marvel comics.

--Blair "'Nuff said."

I've often heard Slovak friends say this, but didn't know it's true origin. I believe it means,
"Oh, my God!"

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Boatwright said:

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Lynn Gifford said:

What does this mean and where does it come from? Lynn in Fargo

It's a Russian interjection that I picked up reading Marvel comics.

--Blair "'Nuff said."

I've often heard Slovak friends say this, but didn't know it's true origin. I believe it means,
"Oh, my God!"

ROTFLMAO!!! I read it as (let's see how good my phonetic rendering is here) "boash-MWA", where boa
is pronounced like it is in 'boat.' The resident Slovak missed it! LOL!!

That'd be Boze moi (the hacek over the z is missing that makes it a zh sound) -- BOHzheh moy
-- "My God!"
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-Barb 12-28-03: Tourtiere picture added to my site: <www.jamlady.eboard.com> Also a picture of my
Baba Authorized struhadlo for making halushky "If you're ever in a jam, here I am."

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Lynn Gifford <[email hidden]> wrote:
>What does this mean and where does it come from? Lynn in Fargo

It's a Russian interjection that I picked up reading Marvel comics.

--Blair "'Nuff said."

I've often heard Slovak friends say this, but didn't know it's true origin. I believe it means,
"Oh, my God!"

ROTFLMAO!!! I read it as (let's see how good my phonetic rendering is here) "boash-MWA", where boa
is pronounced like it is in 'boat.' The resident Slovak missed it! LOL!!

That'd be Boze moi (the hacek over the z is missing that makes it a zh sound) -- BOHzheh moy --
"My God!"

Hehehe... That'd be it! <G