Expletive Deleted: PODA Good Look at Bad Language by Ruth Wajnryb

Expletive Deleted: PODA Good Look at Bad Language

Ruth Wajnryb

304 pages first pub 2004 (editions)

nonfiction funny informative fast-paced
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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 do not con...

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