Swearing: A Social History of Foul Language, Oaths and Profanity in EnglishPenguin Adult, 26. mar. 1998 - 304 sider Tracing the history of swearing from ancient Anglo-Saxon traditions and those of the Middle Ages, through Shakespeare, the Enlightenment and the Victorians, to the Lady Chatterley trial and various current trends, Geoffrey Hughes explores a fascinating, little discussed yet irrespressible part of our linguistic heritage. This second edition contains a Postscript updating various contemporary developments, such as the growth of Political Correctness. |
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Side 117
... given , predictably , the most exuberant swearing role , with expletives such as base cullion [ tes- ticle ] ; whoreson filthy slave ; a dungworm , an excrement ! Body O'Caesar and by the foot of Pharaoh . In Bartholomew Fair ( 1614 ) ...
... given , predictably , the most exuberant swearing role , with expletives such as base cullion [ tes- ticle ] ; whoreson filthy slave ; a dungworm , an excrement ! Body O'Caesar and by the foot of Pharaoh . In Bartholomew Fair ( 1614 ) ...
Side 128
... given by Kaiser Wilhelm II to German troops about to set sail for China on 27 July 1900. It was an extraordinary indulgence in atavistic nationalism : No quarter will be given , no prisoners will be 128 Expansionism and Xenophobia.
... given by Kaiser Wilhelm II to German troops about to set sail for China on 27 July 1900. It was an extraordinary indulgence in atavistic nationalism : No quarter will be given , no prisoners will be 128 Expansionism and Xenophobia.
Side 228
... given to an English woman , even more provoking than that of whore . ' Yet in earlier times the word could be acceptable in literary contexts . Thus in Hobbes ' Odyssey ( 1675 ) we find : ' Ulysses looking sourly answered , " You Bitch ...
... given to an English woman , even more provoking than that of whore . ' Yet in earlier times the word could be acceptable in literary contexts . Thus in Hobbes ' Odyssey ( 1675 ) we find : ' Ulysses looking sourly answered , " You Bitch ...
Indhold
IO Sexuality in Swearing | 206 |
Conclusion | 236 |
Appendices | 258 |
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abuse adjective Afrikaans American Anglo-Saxon appear arse attitudes Australian bastard become Beowulf bitch blasphemous bloody Bowdler bugger C. S. Lewis called Canterbury Tales censorship century chapter Chaucer Christ cited comic common context culture cunt curse damn deriving developed Dictionary discussed dysphemic Eric Partridge euphemism example expletive fart fashion figure flyting foul language four-letter French fuck H. C. Wyld hell homosexual Hornadge idiom instance insult ironic John kaffir Kenneth Tynan Lady Lady Chatterley's Lover linguistic literal literary London Lord male meaning medieval Mencken Middle English minced oaths modern Norse notable oaths obscene observed originally Oxford phrase piss play political profanity racist recorded reference religious Robert Burchfield satirical seems semantic sense sexual Shakespeare shit shows social society speech subsequently swearing taboo tale thou tradition usage uttered variety verbal Victorian virtually vocabulary vulgar whore woman women word word-field