Re: CHAT: Eng regionalisms (was: German and English)
| From: | Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...> |
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| Date: | Thursday, October 9, 2003, 14:35 |
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On Thu, Oct 09, 2003 at 01:51:20PM +0100, Peter Bleackley wrote:
> I personally think that certain words should be confined to their literal
> meanings, and thereby stripped of their pejorative connotations. Most of
> the sexual vocabulary of English has ended up being either too medical, too
> coarse or too silly for intimate use.
>
> Revive "swithe"!
I thought that was "swive"?
-Mark