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Lädt ... Book of Insults Ancient and Modern (1978)von Nancy McPhee
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Melde dich bei LibraryThing an um herauszufinden, ob du dieses Buch mögen würdest. Keine aktuelle Diskussion zu diesem Buch. NOT DONE YET (in progress) We live in a degraded age when insults are largely confined to the same old cliched epithets involving human body parts and functions. Nearly 500 years after Shakespeare, we dare not compare one another to animals or cast aspersions on ethnic heritage, personal ancestry, religion, sexual preference, hygiene, physical appearance, or intellectual shortcomings. To violate this code is to not risk a clever and cutting retort, but a belligerent body- part epithet and a threat of physical violence. If civilization was born with the first swear word, our inarticulate rages show show how quickly we can return to pre-verbal savagery. Nancy McPhee's book draws on the rich historical heritage of verbal insult... the rapier wit and clever repartee that has long characterized English language discourse. Zeige 3 von 3 keine Rezensionen | Rezension hinzufügen
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I'd explain this book with one of the insults it contains if I had a chance of finding anything appropriate. ( )