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Expletive Deleted: A Good Look at Bad Language | Ruth Wajnryb
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Have we always "sworn like sailors"? Has creative cursing developed because we can't just slug people when they make us angry? And if such verbal aggression is universal, why is it that some languages (Japanese, for instance) supposedly (…more)
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#TBRtemptation post 2! Linguist Wajnryb takes a light-hearted & entertaining look at profanity. How did it go from being taboo to common conversational fate? What's the etymology of those words? How does vulgarity play out in other cultures? Why the escalation in usage? Have we devolved linguistically or gotten more creative? This is a look at the power of words to shock, offend, insult, amuse, blow off steam, etc. #blameLitsy #blameMrBook 😎

LitsyGoesPostal 😊👍🏻 8y
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Because of the interest generated by yesterday's post, here's a representative excerpt from this wonderful book!

KateTheBookworm Fuck yeah! 9y
QueenAnne That "quote" hihihi! Sound like an excerpt out of "Family Guy" (I immediately pictured Peter as a painter) 9y
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BookishFeminist I love that you have a collection of swearing books. Swearing is one of my pastimes. 👍🏼 9y
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SusanInTiburon I have English as a Second F*ing Language, but I had no idea there were so many more! What fun it would be to sit in on a course like that ... 9y
Poindextrix This is so great 9y
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