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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><FONT size=3>Cantor Wolberg wrote: As a child
in 50's I NEVER heard HaShem used other than Boruch ata HaShem so as
not <BR>to make a b'rocho l'vatala. But when referring to God in
conversation, <BR>we always said God. This was in Yeshiva circles, etc.
etc.<BR>The fact that the Shulchan Aruch says to say HaShem may be
referring <BR>to the context I just indicated but for general usage (even
if the <BR>shulchan aruch meant that) in practice, I never heard it. It
seems to <BR>have become popular later on.</FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><FONT size=3>As someone who was also a child in the
fifties with survivor Yiddish-speaking parents, I attest that this is
absolutely true. </FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><FONT size=3>People today have become averse to
using the word "G-d" in normal conversations. (According to the last
mishna in Berachos it seems important to Davka use the name of G-d and even
pronounce it in greeting another Jew.)</FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><FONT size=3>More evidence: Last names are at
least two to three hundred years old. You've heard of "Gottlieb", of
course. Have you ever heard of "Hashemlieb"?</FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><FONT size=3>Aryeh Herzig</FONT></DIV>
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