Re: CHAT: Obscenity in British comedy,

At 18:07 2002-06-22 -0400, John Cowan wrote:

>Tim May scripsit:
>
> > Historical note: Johnson, Samuel (1709-84), English lexicographer,
> > writer, critic and conversationalist.  Noted particularly for his
> > _Dictionary of the English Language_ (1755).
>
>And frequent quotee by me and B.P. Jonson on this list.
>In fact two ladies congratulated him for leaving out the rude words,
>to which he replied, "Ah, my dears, I see you have been looking for them."
Tell me John, have you got a book of Sam Johnson quotations? :-)




/BP 8^)>
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