Re: USAGE : English past tense and participle in -et
| From: | Tim May <butsuri@...> |
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| Date: | Sunday, December 28, 2003, 21:30 |
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Mark J. Reed wrote at 2003-12-28 12:58:56 (-0500)
> On Sun, Dec 28, 2003 at 09:26:45AM -0800, Costentin Cornomorus wrote:
> > Whatever else a fuckative may be, it's an
> > emphatic infix. As far as I can tell from the few
> > uses I've heard, you can stick just about
> > anything in there.
>
> Except you can't. The word "fucking" is the only
> universally-infixable fucative, in fact.
I'm not so sure about that. Certainly you can't just put in any
swearword you like, but I think "bloody" and "goddamn" can go just
about anywhere "fucking" can.
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