Tracing the history of swearing from ancient Anglo-Saxon traditions and those of the Middle Ages, through Shakespeare, the Enlightenment and the Victorians, to the Lady Chatterley trial and various current trends, Geoffrey Hughes explores a fascinating, little discussed yet irrespressible part of our linguistic heritage. This second edition contains a Postscript updating various contemporary developments, such as the growth of Political Correctness.
| ISBN: | 9780140267075 |
| Publication date: | 26th March 1998 |
| Author: | Geoffrey Hughes |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 304 pages |
| Genres: |
Dialect, slang and jargon |