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Pastimes : WARNING- have you been warned by SI? Let's talk
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To: jbe who wrote (1174)3/29/1998 4:26:00 AM
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We typically call those words from the past "anglo-saxon." They are words that were used in common language until the more "cultured" developed euphenisms and then looked down on the rabble who didn't or couldn't change their form of expression. Since the "vulgar" people used those words, they became vulgar.

Similarly, crap and shit have pretty much been accepted into ordinary discourse. Crap in the 50's and shit in the 60's. "BLANK" has not so easily been accepted. It has been forced down persons' ears since the 60's but still grates on most people and so is rejected by those who want to communicate instead of shock. (There is a place for shock in the language, and I use the word myself when I feel the shock value is appropriate and those it is directed to will understand it is shock not my normal form of speech.)

Now, two more things:

Poetry and Propriety Are Absolutely Incompatible!! That is not true. Certainly Emily Dickenson and Carl Sandburg did not use BLANK. Emily, although mysteriously in love, was not improper.

I am a licensed Professional Engineer and therefore allowed to shoot from the hip. This discourse is about BLANK not about the poem. I will now go search on Flynn and see how I feel about the poem.

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