'Oh My God!' is still such a fresh phrase
It has even crossed the language barrier, used not infrequently by non-English speakers, making the phrase pleasantly planetary, despite its origins. Suddenly in the picture, being used by the prime minister during his recent trip to Denmark when confronted by a motley of travelling Indian reporters, 'Oh my god!' has a freshness about it that goes well beyond its 'Hey bhagwan!' roots.