# Poll about taking the lord's name in vain **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [April 19, 2009, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-about-taking-the-lords-name-in-vain/493590 "2009-04-19T02:48:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 20
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2009, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-about-taking-the-lords-name-in-vain/493590/381 "2009-05-04T17:10:59Z")
> [@costa](#): > > Ipassed my englsh class in school.I got high enough in military to be under stood.i can be understoodin chinese,japanese .and coloquel english.my gutter englich can be understood well edl enough to cause a tremor when needed."i sign my checks withan x but they cash them all the same…from a song. .but i doint take my lords name in vain.ayo o theos. What military did _you_ serve in? Our soldiers usually get discharged when they’re caught getting high. ---
**Author:** ![costa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/85f322/32.png) [@costa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/costa)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2009, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-about-taking-the-lords-name-in-vain/493590/382 "2009-06-25T01:06:32Z")
> [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](#): > > I did NOT forget the periods. I declined to use them. You’re thinking that **costa** ’s style is born of a conscious, cummingsesque choice, when it is far more likely that he/she simply does not know the rules of English usage, and thus punctuates and capitalizes randomly. I know the rules of english grammer.If i signed as a check with an x ,with proper id. it gets cashed as the greeks say"koutos" [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-about-taking-the-lords-name-in-vain/493590.md?page=19)