Re: Expletives <explicitness warning>

From: Stewart Stansfield <stu_stansfield_at_UFF6JopZCoGG5eppSlyKgR8oXleWfx7rOnaU9o0YEzkeC60qhSFfbmEvuBoaS>
Date: Thu, 06 Nov 2003 15:25:32 -0000


Julianne:
> > > PS What are YOUR fave expletives ?

"Yorkshireman".  

Graeme:
> It's nearly as venomous as a *proper* Yorkshire "Bastid". If you've
> never heard that one, it is a thing of beauty amongst expletives. I
> wish I could get it right...

Good God, Graeme, please don't corrupt yourself by adopting the ways of the whippet-worriers...

You're spot on: it's not necessarily the expletive, but the utter contempt with which it's stated.

Stu.            

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