On Tuesday 17 Mar 2009, Sameer Verma wrote: > Ever wonder why people swear? It turns out that usually its due to > a poor vocabulary.
;-) yes usually the recipients. > > Even more enjoyable is the etymology of swear/curse/bawdy words. > Where do these come from? I remember, as kids, we used to hear the > term "Bloody Bugger" quite commonly (I grew up in Hyderabad). Well, > "Bloody" comes from "By your Lady" (mid-ages) and "bugger" is > ...I'll let you enjoy that one in the privacy of your LCD monitors! > http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A753527 http://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/etext04/dcvgr10.txt GAWD I never wanna pass from an ACADEMY. -- Rgds JTD -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
