In Praise of Profanity
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When President Obama signed the affordable health care act in 2009, the Vice President was overheard to utter an enthusiastic "This is a big f****** deal " A town in Massachusetts levies $20 fines on swearing in public. Nothing is as paradoxical as our attitude toward swearing and "bad language" how can we judge profanity so harshly in principle, yet use it so frequently in practice? Though profanity is more acceptable today than ever, it is still...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0199337586
ISBN13:9780199337583
Release Date:August 2016
Publisher:Oxford University Press
Length:272 Pages
Weight:0.90 lbs.
Dimensions:1.1" x 5.9" x 8.3"
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