fossilesque@mander.xyz to Linguistics@mander.xyzEnglish · 4 days agoThe 1600s Were a Watershed for Swear Words | History Todaywww.historytoday.comexternal-linkmessage-square1fedilinkarrow-up131arrow-down10cross-posted to: hackernews@lemmy.bestiver.se
arrow-up131arrow-down1external-linkThe 1600s Were a Watershed for Swear Words | History Todaywww.historytoday.comfossilesque@mander.xyz to Linguistics@mander.xyzEnglish · 4 days agomessage-square1fedilinkcross-posted to: hackernews@lemmy.bestiver.se
minus-squareCoelacanth@feddit.nulinkfedilinkarrow-up2·4 days agoInteresting read! “Fuck” is such a modern sounding word to me that in fascinated to see it used that far back, even though it did indeed take a couple of centuries for it to catch on.
Interesting read! “Fuck” is such a modern sounding word to me that in fascinated to see it used that far back, even though it did indeed take a couple of centuries for it to catch on.