Talk:oh, brother

RFC discussion: June 2014–February 2017

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oh, brother

Spare me please. Let's please not make this a redirect. Redirect for this phrase is horrible. Let's make an entry out of oh brother. Most redirects on this site are kind of bad actually. Rædi Stædi Yæti {-skriv til mig-} 02:19, 27 June 2014 (UTC)

What's wrong with it? You can say "oh shit", "oh fuck", "oh hell", "oh damn", etc. The "oh" is a separate addition. Equinox ◑ 13:49, 27 June 2014 (UTC)

I say either delete it altogether or make it an entry. oh, brother should have a definition like "Expression of displeasure." or something like that. Can we do this? Rædi Stædi Yæti {-skriv til mig-} 15:04, 27 June 2014 (UTC)

Is brother used on its own as an interjection? How often? I would make oh, brother an entry unless brother on its own is more common than very rare. Renard Migrant (talk) 19:42, 28 June 2014 (UTC)

It can be, though I suppose it might be an elision of the first part. It's less common, at any rate. Then again, there are all kinds of expressions that are often preceded by oh- just about the whole gamut of spontaneous expressions of emotion. Chuck Entz (talk) 20:14, 28 June 2014 (UTC)

I asked what was wrong with it, not what you want to do with it. Equinox ◑ 20:15, 28 June 2014 (UTC)

Resolved: no longer a redirect. — SMUconlaw (talk) 13:39, 1 February 2017 (UTC)