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On 11/03/2017 at 9:13 PM, kayb said:@Smithy, yes, "God love you" is interchangeable with "bless your heart." It was my grandmother's preferred usage, and I guess I picked it up along the way.
In my neck of the woods, "God love him/her" is often used as a gentle slight, an expression of amused tolerance over someone's just-can't-help-it foolishness. I think it probably parallels the Southern "bless his/her heart" in that respect.
On 11/03/2017 at 9:13 PM, kayb said:@Smithy, yes, "God love you" is interchangeable with "bless your heart." It was my grandmother's preferred usage, and I guess I picked it up along the way.
In my neck of the woods, "God love him/her" is often used as a gentle slight, and expression of amused tolerance over someone's just-can't-help-it foolishness. I think it probably parallels the Southern "bless his/her heart" in that respect.
