😱 OMG Why Do British People Disrespect God? 😱

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English Like A Native


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O M G is it true that the Brits are disrespecting God? Hi guys my name is
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Anna English you know the score this is English like a native and today
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I'm here to answer a very quick question. A few days ago while I was reading
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through lots of your wonderful comments that you leave on my videos I came
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across this question. Anna I often hear British people taking the Lord's name in
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vain. Why are the British people disrespecting God?
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hmmm good question it's true in British English when we get emotional, whether
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we're frustrated, angry, surprised or really really excited, you might hear
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phrases like this: oh my god, Jesus Christ, oh for God's sake, Jesus
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Now some people who use the Lord's name in this way are religious and some of them
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are not and in fact using the Lord's name in this way is not a religious
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thing at all. It has nothing to do with religion and we are not referring to the
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big man in any way, so as far as we're concerned we're not taking the Lord's
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name in vain and therefore we are not disrespecting God. Of course language is
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changing all the time and these phrases at this point in time are just a part of
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our everyday vocabulary it's how we express ourselves and no offense is
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intended. So please don't think that we Brits are being disrespectful
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it's just what we say. So I hope that answers your question and if you have
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any other questions, any of you then I do have around 350 videos here that answer
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different questions, but if you can't find what you're looking for then simply
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ask in the comment section below. Until next time take care and goodbye.
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