Timeline for Why does the protagonist of Asimov's Caves of Steel exclaim 'Jehoshaphat!' instead of 'Jesus!'?
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| Sep 12, 2021 at 18:23 | comment | added | user888379 | Except that it wasn't a particularly unusual minced oath for a character to use in a story written in the early 1950s. Look at Poul Anderson's work from that time; it's almost certain that a character will use the expression "Judas Priest!" in exactly the same way. | |
| Sep 12, 2021 at 13:20 | history | answered | Pete | CC BY-SA 4.0 |