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 137
... observation , ' The wogs begin at Dover ' . Sambo is derived from zambo , a Latin American term for a person of mixed Negro and Indian parentage . Commenting on the gradations of colour and their parallel status , Captain Marryat observed ...
... observation , ' The wogs begin at Dover ' . Sambo is derived from zambo , a Latin American term for a person of mixed Negro and Indian parentage . Commenting on the gradations of colour and their parallel status , Captain Marryat observed ...
Side 162
... observed , on the change of pronunci- ation : ' It is possible , however , that the desire to avoid certain vulgar associ- ations with the word in the cunny form [ which the OED did not print ] may have contributed to the preference for ...
... observed , on the change of pronunci- ation : ' It is possible , however , that the desire to avoid certain vulgar associ- ations with the word in the cunny form [ which the OED did not print ] may have contributed to the preference for ...
Side 232
... observed that " The homo - sexual woman offers the same manifestations , mutatis mutandis ' ( 1892 , p . 256 ) , the term homosexual was seldom applied to women , and even now this use is something of a rarity . Clearly , the growth of ...
... observed that " The homo - sexual woman offers the same manifestations , mutatis mutandis ' ( 1892 , p . 256 ) , the term homosexual was seldom applied to women , and even now this use is something of a rarity . Clearly , the growth of ...
Indhold
IO Sexuality in Swearing | 206 |
Conclusion | 236 |
Appendices | 258 |
Copyright | |
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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