I can see how that would be jarring to a person's sensibilities, but then, I haven't seen any of the shows. I have had a similar experience with other films, though! ;o) --Sue ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sylvia Rognstad" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Historical Costume" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, September 24, 2006 3:56 PM Subject: Re: [h-cost] Deadwood
> 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 > >> > >> > >> > >> --------------------------------- > >> Get your own web address for just $1.99/1st yr. We'll help. Yahoo! > >> Small > > Business. > >> _______________________________________________ > >> h-costume mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > > > > _______________________________________________ > > h-costume mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > > > > _______________________________________________ > h-costume mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
