Would you consider By Jove to be blasphemy?

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First world non-problem & I have no intention of doing anything about at all, apart from having a gentle chuckle.

DD has just announced that her English Teacher said today that she wants to reintroduce "By Jove" as an expression. I'm not offended by this, although I had always assumed it was blasphemous, so I'm mildly amused and have suggested that DD might want to pick her audience before embracing the phrase.

For additional context, her school is very strict re swearing and pupils who are caught usually get a short fixed term exclusion.

So wise Mumsnetters would you consider this to be Ok in a school that takes a hard line on swearing, and is it actually blasphemy as I thought?

It might be blasphemy if you are a follower of the Roman pantheon. Still, blasphemy is a victimless crime 😁

Unless someone worships Roman gods, I wouldn't expect them to be offended.

Jove as in a reference to Jupiter?

Is it a contraction of Jehovah?

There must be something in the air. My DD said "by jove" at dinner this evening. perhaps it is making a come back.

I think worshipping Roman Gods is niche enough today that you will be only fairly safe ground to offend no one 😊

Not at all.

Wasnt it used previously as an alternative to blasphemy?

I actually think considering By Jove to be blasphemous would itself be considered blasphemous at least by most modern monotheistic religions…

I think I’d go Norse and have “by Odin’s beard!”

I would be hugely insulted! Throw my toga over my shoulder and stalk away.

I think Jupiter would be quite happy to have a new generation calling upon him!

By Thor's Hammer! By Poseidon's Trident! By the Light of Vulcan's Forge!

This has got legs. I'm definitely up for some more diverse oath making.

By Bastet's Whiskers!

Puts me in mind of Jeeves and Wooster.

By the Power of Greyskull!

Or is that different?

By the power of Gray skull

No

Haha great minds @MrsTerryPratchett

Ok ! I think I'm being schooled here. I'd always thought it was invoking Jehovah.

Still not quite sure it's ready for a comeback mind.

For the love of Thor is popular in our house. Big How To Train Your Dragon fans.
I'm all fit some alternative cursing. Swearing is a bit biting I suppose. Ds is 8 and I think we will learn some new ones together. Thanks for this thread OP!

Only Blasphemous to romans who worship Jupiter.

I suspect not too many of them around.

No.

By the Light of the Silvery Moon

I'm just thinking "Ken Dodd".

I like “Lorks a Lordy”