>>>>FWIW, the one time in my life where I felt speechless, what kept coming out was "Oh, my God!" over and over.
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>>>Well that's just an autonomic response to any situation with Americans! :-)
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>>Deja vu - I think we already discovered that there's no alternative exclamation available around here. Not among printable ones.
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>Hmmm, kinda remember that discussion. You opined that English eclamations all involve religion iirc?

No, I said that religion has hijacked the language. If there was any other exclamation available, it's extinct now.