Except that the rest of the language is quite old fashioned. I like
that they went for that kind of realistic speech, and it seems a bit
anachronistic that they combine that with all the profanity, unless
people of that ilk really tended to use it that much back then.
On Sep 24, 2006, at 3:55 PM, Sue Clemenger wrote:
Mine, either (well, at least not the one I knew...I think that man was
*born* in a 3-piece suit!)
I haven't seen any of these Deadwood episodes, so I'm not exactly sure
which
phrases y'all are trying to skate genteelly around, but it occurs to
me that
maybe, in what seems to have been a concerted effort for nitty-gritty
realism, that the writers/people in charge went with words that would
convey
to a modern audience what the swear words from back then actually
would have
been? Almost like a translation?
--Sue, taking a break from garden-digging and bulb planting...
----- Original Message -----
From: "Chris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Historical Costume" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sunday, September 24, 2006 1:41 PM
Subject: Re: [h-cost] Deadwood
Nor my grandfather :) (I NEVER heard either of them ever say a single
swear word, let alone the two 'popular' ones in this show), but you've
got
to remember this town was founded by a lot of people who were NOT the
quality of folk who were raised in the best of surroundings and mostly
uneducated and to them it was just what they grew up with
A site of possible interest:
http://www.wordorigins.org
There are some things I surely don't want to be to accurate about
in my
re-enacting!
kelly grant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I don't have an objection to foul language, it has it's place, it
was
the
word they were using I had a problem with...I highly doubt certian
words
were used that frequently at that time!
I could be wrong, but I doubt my grandfather would have used some of
those
words at any point in his life.
Kelly
----- Original Message -----
From: "Sylvia Rognstad"
To: "Historical Costume"
Sent: Sunday, September 24, 2006 3:57 PM
Subject: Re: [h-cost] Deadwood
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