2006-07-29 06:23:10 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Quotations
The story about WW2 may be accurate, but the first time it was really publicized was:
Who 's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?: George vs ... Act One begins with "Jesus H. Christ!" and ends with a simple "Jesus"; in between, and beyond, is ...
In that context, the "H" stood for nothing at all. It was a way to make the curse longer, and draw attention to the speaker.
2006-07-29 16:00:43 · answer #1 · answered by Ogelthorpe13 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It is as the last person said, simply a way to take the Lord's name in vain without actually doing it. After all those soliders proably didn't want to curse Christ as much as they felt like doing it at that moment.
2006-07-29 07:16:09 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It doesn't stand for anything. It was a way for soldiers in WWII, where the expression started, to let out an oath that wasn't considered blasphemous since, if challenged, they could claim it was someone else's name.
2006-07-29 06:34:19 · answer #3 · answered by quatt47 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Horatio? Holy? Hallowed? I think it was started for the same reason my brother and I said, "Jesum" - so the person wouldn't get in trouble for saying the Lord's name in vain.
2006-07-29 07:39:40 · answer #4 · answered by PuttPutt 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the correct answer above is by snowflakesunflower, H is for Henry. This is clearly recorded in John 22,3
2006-07-30 04:49:00 · answer #5 · answered by XT rider 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Henry, after his mother's cousin
2006-07-29 08:45:15 · answer #6 · answered by sweet & sour 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There could be no other match than "HONEST"
2006-07-30 04:29:28 · answer #7 · answered by vimalpk 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
hallowed
2006-07-29 06:27:19 · answer #8 · answered by Pumpkin Head 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
holy..
2006-07-29 08:13:48 · answer #9 · answered by kittens 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Maybe holy I dunno?
2006-07-29 06:26:28 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋