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Re: Vulgarity

From:Boudewijn Rempt <bsarempt@...>
Date:Thursday, June 3, 1999, 15:04
On Thu, 3 Jun 1999, Bryan Maloney wrote:

> > What is interesting, at least in English, is that vulgarities tend to be > very short words. Likewise, none of the above vulgarities have *always* > been vulgar. At one time, they were all quite acceptable in polite > English discourse--even in English medical writings. >
Well, yes, but this is all in English. How does this work in your conlang? Boudewijn Rempt | http://www.xs4all.nl/~bsarempt