[B-Greek] Was SKUBALON a swear/vulgar word?
David McKay
david.mckay at ozemail.com.au
Sun May 22 22:32:51 EDT 2005
I've been thinking through how you would know if a word is thought of as
being vulgar. I don't think this would be easy to determine.
I was watching a popular Australian TV program on Saturday night in which
the 2 hosts made some rather graphic comments, but couched them in
inoffensive language. I think some of their audience would be unaware [as my
wife was] of what they were "on about."
To see the program later in a written transcript, I think a person might
conclude the words used were offensive, whereas as mere words, they are
quite innocent.
David McKay
davidDOTmckayATozemailDOTcomDOTau
www.davidmckay.info
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