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To: Sam who wrote (472829)5/3/2021 9:52:44 AM
From: NAG1  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 542780
 
Sam,

Nine Nasty Words
John McWhorter teases his new book about off-color English expressions, starting with cock.

slate.com

I started to listen to the podcast and had to stop. For me, it meandered a lot so I stopped at around 12 minutes. Maybe the book will be better.



To: Sam who wrote (472829)5/3/2021 10:54:28 AM
From: epicure  Respond to of 542780
 
I used to have this book in my classroom- I read it and found it interesting, and I put it in my ginormous class library. A black student I taught several years ago asked to keep it, to read it with her family and pass it around in her church. I gather it was well received and everyone found it interesting. I recommend it- since we're talking about words that have issues.
amazon.com


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