On 9/25/2014 9:03 PM, Janet Wilder wrote:
> On 9/25/2014 2:41 PM, Gary wrote:
>> sf wrote:
>>>
>>> Janet Wilder wrote:
>>>
>>>> Next year, G-d willing, I intend to celebrate the New Year on a
>>>> cruise ship.
>>>
>>> I like your plan! My grandmother always used the phrase "G-d willing"
>>> too.
>>
>> I've never heard anyone say "G-d willing."
>> I have heard, "God willing" though.
>>
>
> I was raised as an Orthodox Jew and we never pronounce the name of G-d
> (except in prayers and when reading the Torah to the congregation), nor
> do we spell it out when writing. That's why you see the dash.
>
> Since I was brought up this way, I find it difficult the change old habits.
>
Interesting! I remember being brought up where you bowed your head when
you spoke the word God or Jesus, and He or Him or His was always
capitalized.

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