Re: CHAT: Eng regionalisms (was: German and English)
| From: | John Cowan <cowan@...> |
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| Date: | Thursday, October 9, 2003, 2:33 |
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Tristan McLeay scripsit:
> (I'm not a great believer in unnecessary swearing. If you use the word
> 'fuck'* for absolutely everything from minor annoyance to extreme
> distress, you lose its value as an intensifier. So people who know me know
> that if I swear, sómething is wrong.)
"Have you noticed a tendency in me to use profanity for emphasis?"
"Not really? Why."
"It's *goddam* radioactive out there."
--Larry Niven, "Elephant"
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