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Original Title:	Swearing
ISBN:	0140267077 (ISBN13: 9780140267075)
Edition Language:	English

Swearing: A Social History of Foul Language, Oaths and Profanity in English Paperback | Pages: 304 pages

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Title	:	Swearing: A Social History of Foul Language, Oaths and Profanity in English
Author	:	Geoffrey Hughes
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Special Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 304 pages
Published	:	March 26th 1998 by Penguin (first published 1991)
Categories	:	History. Nonfiction. Humanities. Linguistics. Language

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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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Ratings: 3.7 From 81 Users | 14 Reviews

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Very interesting, however he does seem to have completely missed the word "bollocks"

I enjoyed this book, it was full of insights, information, and punctuated by humorous bits. Unfortunately the book reads like a combination between a text book and a badly formatted essay. The book has several charts and lists, which are rarely referenced in the text, and when they are go on for too long to be reasonable examples. They are interesting in themselves, however. The author often goes off on tangents occasionally and sometimes forgets to go back to his previous points, which is a bit

Pretty bloody interesting.

phenomenal piece of laborimportant for any bookshelfqualifies all hours of the day's procrastinationeats the wall of my cussing to the ground and lets swell a wave of luscious swearing

All you need to know about blasphemy, the origins of swear words and the most popular bad language to cause the most offence at any time down the centuries.

Interesting.

read for a project for my history & structure of the english language class. solid historical look at how swearing has been used throughout history. checked this out from widener library, but i'd like to own this book and be able to come back to it.