Watchtower Speech Taboos - Censorship by Ommision

unclebruce

bahbuttons said: Another time I accidently told a kid God Bless you in the KH and you'd think I just said every swear word known to man with the looks I got from everyone....another embaressing moment that was.............fond memories eh,lol

Th is an interesting point. Apostates always bang on about Watchtower double speak and the way the Society twists words, investing them with mind-control triggers but rarely do we hear about censorship by omission, the words JW's can't speak.

I don't know if this subject has been raised before and would like to hear more. Is there such a thing as a Cone of Silence Dictionary for words and phrases banned by Watchtower inducement and Kingdom Hall snobbery? Obvious ones relate to terms dear to Christendom and Babylon the Great.
Let's make a list folks.
Sayings that will get you councelled :
Praise the Lord
Halleluya!
WTF?
Merry Christmas
Happy Birthday
MILF
God Willing
Gawd Blimey
Heck
Sh*t
Christ!
Arthur Guts Ache!

chickpea

fella....

i (expletive deleted) you not...

in one of my first #3 talks i said
the word "fellow", the elder heard
"fella" and counseled me in front
of the school that fella was taken
from a word for the nephilim..."fellers"
and not to be used in talks or conversation

i was thinking "wtf?"

RULES & REGULATIONS

How about HOLY COW!

I was talking to my cousin one time who was an Elder and said to him........ HOLY COW! He told me that cows ain't Holy and Witnesses shouldn't use words like that.

Double Edge

He told me that cows ain't Holy

Of course, in India they'd tell you otherwise.

crapola

Crap!!! or My Lord!!!

yknot

Hell

Good Luck!

Praise Jesus

Thank You Jesus

only me

Jesus, Mary, and Joseph!

Jesus on a cracker!

Gosh

You're going to hell on a speeding bullet train (my lovely Catholic son-in law is always saying this to us.)

gesundheit

God bless you

Mrs. Fiorini

Who can forget the oh so sinful 'Good Luck'?

John Doe

Good luck.

Sheesh.

Tinkerbell's balls ain't stuck on my walls.