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 90
... recorded later as ' a coarse woman ' or ' the male member'.O 18 Tail is recorded from the fourteenth century as meaning ' penis or ( oftener ) the pudendum ' . In his somewhat maundering lament for the loss of virility ( but not sexual ...
... recorded later as ' a coarse woman ' or ' the male member'.O 18 Tail is recorded from the fourteenth century as meaning ' penis or ( oftener ) the pudendum ' . In his somewhat maundering lament for the loss of virility ( but not sexual ...
Side 95
... recorded in 1535o and put by a contemporary writer in the alliterating company of ' rude Ruffians ' . Henry Brinklow added an ironic gloss in 1542 : ' Papa means pay pay ' ( Brinklow , 1874 , p . 39 ) . Romish , glossed by the OED as ...
... recorded in 1535o and put by a contemporary writer in the alliterating company of ' rude Ruffians ' . Henry Brinklow added an ironic gloss in 1542 : ' Papa means pay pay ' ( Brinklow , 1874 , p . 39 ) . Romish , glossed by the OED as ...
Side 137
... recorded in a very different application in a New England context of 1723 : ' The negro Dago hanged for fiering Mr Powell's house.'s In the American provenance it has since been applied to Spaniards , Mexicans and Italians . Wog ...
... recorded in a very different application in a New England context of 1723 : ' The negro Dago hanged for fiering Mr Powell's house.'s In the American provenance it has since been applied to Spaniards , Mexicans and Italians . Wog ...
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