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 | #529908 in Books |  Free Press |  2005-07-05 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  1.06 x5.32 x7.80l,.70 | File type: PDF | 304 pages

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||0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.| Five Stars|By John Swift|I love this author's writing!|4 of 4 people found the following review helpful.| Informative and fun at the same time!|By James|This book appealed to me on two levels. On the more adult level, I have always been interested in linguistics and etymology. I am endlessly fascinated by the science of how lan|From Publishers Weekly|If you find obscenity in print shocking, skip this review and stay away from Wajnryb's very objective—and entertaining—study of the etymology of taboo expressions. Australian linguist Wajnryb, a columnist for the Sydney Morn

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 do not contain any nasty words? Throughout the twentieth century there seems to have been a dramatic escalation in the use and acceptance of offensive language in English, both verbally and in print. Today it seems almost commonplace to h...

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