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2006-07-22 11:46 am (UTC)
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It is interesting that all the "rude words" come from the anglo-saxon working class roots; cunt, fuck, shit etc and such terms are consider vulgar.
But if we use the Latin equivalents as practised by the ruling class; vagina, coitus, faeces etc. we're simply being educated.
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Class distinctions
Date: 2006-07-22 11:46 am (UTC)It is interesting that all the "rude words" come from the anglo-saxon working class roots; cunt, fuck, shit etc and such terms are consider vulgar.
But if we use the Latin equivalents as practised by the ruling class; vagina, coitus, faeces etc. we're simply being educated.