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Anatomy of Swearing

Dave Wilton, Thursday, February 01, 2007

Montagu, Ashley. The Anatomy of Swearing. 2001 paperback ed. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1967.

A classic study of bad language.

Filed under: Profanity/Swearing/Euphemism

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