BOOKY THINGS, CUTE ANIMALS, FASHION, AND OTHER HAPPINESS
The setting: Sophomore English class with my BFF.
Sounds like a great time, right? Yeah, we were pretty amped to have a class together. However, we argued endlessly over this book. She loved it; I hated it.
What did I hate exactly? I found it boring…
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If you said the “s” word in the ninth century, you probably wouldn’t have shocked or offended anyone. Back then, the “s” word was just the everyday word that was used to refer to excrement.
That’s one of many surprising, foul-mouthed facts Melissa Mohr reveals in her new book, Holy S- - -: A Brief History of Swearing. Though the curse words themselves change over time, the category remains constant — we always have a set of words that are off-limits.
“We need some category of swear words,” Mohr says. “[These] words really fulfill a function that people have found necessary for thousands of years.”
Mohr joined NPR’s David Greene to talk about curses through the ages and how the words that offend us reveal a lot about society and its values.
— Interview: Melissa Mohr, Author Of ‘Holy Sh*t’
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If you said the “s” word in the ninth century, you probably wouldn’t have shocked or offended anyone. Back then, the “s” word was just the everyday word that was used to refer to excrement.
That’s one of many surprising, foul-mouthed facts Melissa Mohr reveals in her new book, Holy S- - -: A Brief History of Swearing. Though the curse words themselves change over time, the category remains constant — we always have a set of words that are off-limits.
“We need some category of swear words,” Mohr says. “[These] words really fulfill a function that people have found necessary for thousands of years.”
Mohr joined NPR’s David Greene to talk about curses through the ages and how the words that offend us reveal a lot about society and its values.
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Lucky Star is the best pony ride in the West. (at Clinton, MO)
why are ALL the social media apps on my phone some damn shade of BLUE?!? do you developers and genius techy thinkers not realize how fucking aggravating it is to open tumblr when i want to check twitter or facebook instead?!?
you did this ON PURPOSE because you knew we’d get distracted by whatever app we opened! you really ARE geniuses.
Is this a shitty book, per se? No. I read it, didn’t hate it. Also, didn’t love it.
If you’re not of this generation it feels outdated and unrelatable. Holden Caulfield is a great character in my book snobbish eyes, but in my teenager of the 21st century…
Please?
(via hellogiggles)
