Bruno Wolff III <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> On Mon, May 14, 2007 at 13:00:54 -0400,
> "Eric S. Raymond" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > If "Austin Powers: The Spy who Shagged Me" could be marketed as
> > PG-13 (and it was) then I think we're on pretty safe ground as regards
> > actual obscenity.
>
> It might be nice to hear from some British English speakers to get a feeling
> about just how vulgar shagger is there. Would parents not want children
> of say age 10 even seeing the word?
My native dialect is Middle American, but I've lived in Great Britain.
My understanding is that the term is considered vulgar but not obscene,
comparable to, say, American use of v. "hump" to describe sex (especially
animal sex). "Shag" , however, has different connotations -- it suggests
vigorous, rough sex.
As with many such mild scatologies, there is more social license to use them
in comedy or satire than in a serious way. I'm pretty certain a British parent
wouldn't be disturbed if their 10-year-old kid(s) were exposed to the
movie title, but they'd be disturbed if their kids *used* it.
--
<a href="http://www.catb.org/~esr/";>Eric S. Raymond</a>
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