"Oh land" is simply a shortened form of "land sakes alive." In other words, it's like saying "Oh my Lord" but without taking God's name in vain. It's along the same lines as saying "dang it," "shoot," "aw, heck," or the like -- in polite society these phrases are considered less offensive than using un-Mayberry-like words.
Paul Mulik >>>This is from the episode MIND OVER MATTER, where Goober thinks his back >>>is hurt. When Opie and Aunt Bee are trying to help him into her car to >>>take him to their house, he keeps saying what sounds like, "OH LAND, OH >>>LAND!" So I put the tv on closed captioning and sure enough it had him >>>saying that. What does that mean????????????? I have heard people say >>>LAND A GOSHEN or MY LANDS to express excitement, but OH LAND???? _______________________________________________ WBMUTBB mailing list [email protected] http://wbmutbb.com/mailman/listinfo/wbmutbb_wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
