# The Greeting "Bog!"

> "Bog!" — the casual Croatian greeting heard everywhere on Krk — derives from "Bog daj!" ("God give!") and is an example of how religious vocabulary becomes daily speech.

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"Bog!" — the casual Croatian greeting heard everywhere on Krk — derives from "Bog daj!" ("God give!") and is an example of how religious vocabulary becomes daily speech.

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