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Bayeux Tapestry detail: Coronation of Harold, created by Myrabella, 2013, used under Creative Commons license

Bayeux Tapestry detail: Coronation of Harold, created by Myrabella, 2013, used under Creative Commons license

Victorian Euphemism

March 14, 2020

18 October 2009

Languagehat has an excellent, if somewhat disturbing, example.

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