The use of 'Gosh'...in real life?

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I've recently seen posters using this on MN yet in real life I don't know anyone using it in speech.

The only person I know who uses it a lot is my Mum's neighbour, in her late 80s, and even as a child I thought it was quite antiquated and '1950s'.

I simply don't know anyone who says that word now.

(and I'm solidly middle class with educated middle class friends, if that makes any difference.)

I’m 51 and I say gosh in polite company. When not in polite company I use ‘Jesus!’ God Almighty!’ and ‘Christ!’

With close friends I tend to say ‘Fuck me!’ Unfortunately, I said this while driving with my boss in the car once. He laughed thankfully but it shows how hard habits are to break.

I say Gosh, Goodness and Oh My Giddy Aunt.
I also say Fuck, Bollocks and Piss.
I choose my audience!

I say it when I’m being an arsehole to be honest.

For example:

Braggytwat: look at my new kitchen, it’s amazing

Me (being an arsehole): oh gosh, it’s looooooovely.

I also say cross, horrid and other 1950s specials when I’m being a cow. I should get out more.

I use gosh all the time. I am in my early thirties and live on a rough council estate, since everybody else is offering that information. My family are very religious and find 'oh my god' offensive, so I never got used to saying that. I say 'oh my gosh' instead. I have two children and it is a child friendly thing to say. My children started saying 'oh my god' and my parents get really twitchy and funny about it, even when we're at home where I allow that sort of thing. It's easier for me to just say 'oh my gosh' since it sounds so similar to 'oh my god' and they kind of forgot about what they were originally saying and copied me instead.

I use it A LOT!

Also
Crikey
Good heavens
Goodness me
Cross
My giddy aunt
For heavens sake

But I much prefer using fuck 😀

MC all the way

I also hate the prevalence of “OhMyGod”. Didn’t that get started with the annoying woman from Friends?

I find quite a lot of the children in school say ‘Oh my gosh’ and if I hear them say ‘God’ I correct them with it. Think it sound awful when youngsters say ‘Oh my God’. I don’t use gosh myself though so they must have got it from home.’

I say gosh - usually when I mean bloody hell or omg but I like gosh it is polite and reminds me of a nicer era.

I use gosh - I’m early 30s- not averse to saying fuck or shiteballs either but toned it down between 5am and 8pm on account of DS.

DS says “heavens to Betsy” and “blummin heck”. He’s 4 and picked them up from my very elderly grandmother.

I say it. I use vocabulary suited to my company, as most socialised people do.

I don’t say “Golly” though, because I’m not a racist bonehead. It’s not 1952.

I say gosh all the time . I'm a single parent on a low income - no poshness here!

I say goodness too...

Tended to use gosh, goodness, blimey, crikey, blimey rather than oh GOD or oh FUCK or FFS etc when ds came along and it’s stuck!

I definitely use ‘gosh’ regularly, as well as ‘oops a daisy’, ‘willy nilly’, ‘crikey’, ‘blimey’ & ‘goodness me’. I also say fuck, a lot. I’m nearly 50.

Also I tried very hard to remember not to swear when the kids came along but I do remember my then toddler exclaiming ‘shitsugar’ when he dropped something once, which was him copying my attempts to replace the word ‘shit’ with ‘sugar’ when I said it instinctively, clearly failed most of the time!

I started using it and "goodness" after having kids - I don't think I use it when they're not around me though

I notice my daughter uses it in her texts

She never use too
She use to say oh my god (omg)

Now she just say Gosh

🙄🙄

I use it. I'm in my late twenties. It has been commented on, a few people have told me it's 'quaint' but we all use it in my family

Jings is Scottish. The full phrase, used to express mock surprise, is jings crivens and help ma boab.

Yup, I use it. I’m 37. Always used it really, same as ‘golly’

My toddler uses it all the time!

No never heard anyone say it. I see Gah all the time on here which I have never heard in real life. They are both awful.

I've always said gosh, oh my goodness, flipping heck, good grief, blooming heck... I'm in my 40s.
Never sworn, just don't like the sound of it 🤷‍♀️

It never occurred to me that people don't say 'cross' either!

My colleagues take the mickey out of me for saying Gosh all the time I'm 30