Nine Nasty Words: English in the Gutter: Then, Now, and Forever by John McWhorter

Nine Nasty Words: English in the Gutter: Then, Now, and Forever

John McWhorter with John McWhorter (Narrator)

6 hours, 52 minutes • first pub 2021 (editions) user-added

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One of the preeminent linguists of our time examines the realms of language that are considered shocking and taboo in order to understand what imbues curse words with such power--and why we love them so much.Profanity has always been a deliciously...

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