tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1281469968333860626.post6693853855768883562..comments2024-03-28T14:11:02.991-04:00Comments on Still Writing: Language of Confusion: Cursed WordsJ E Oneilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09780097298061829471noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1281469968333860626.post-7226641106829494482012-01-31T18:43:19.390-05:002012-01-31T18:43:19.390-05:00Odds are that contrary to Mel Gibson's seethin...Odds are that contrary to Mel Gibson's seething loathing of the English, William Wallace probably wasn't using the term.<br><br>I used it twice during my work in progress, and both times, it fit the moment.William Kendallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00331324250821836822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1281469968333860626.post-60384663725903113062012-01-29T17:48:07.219-05:002012-01-29T17:48:07.219-05:00Personally, I like calling it the F-bomb. I had a ...Personally, I like calling it the F-bomb. I had a whole class fight me on using that term (F-bomb, not the actual word) once. That was an interesting day.Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16531953467834426316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1281469968333860626.post-37268975989389583022012-01-28T23:05:53.213-05:002012-01-28T23:05:53.213-05:00Apparently there's an entire dictionary on f-e...Apparently there's an entire dictionary on f-expressions. One of my profs read from it on the first day of class.Suhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11862479925124552922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1281469968333860626.post-75846285120070688932012-01-26T16:29:19.627-05:002012-01-26T16:29:19.627-05:00I remember hearing it had Saxon origins and, like ...I remember hearing it had Saxon origins and, like many Anglo-Saxon words, was an onomatopoetic verb like piss, becoming a crass term when Normans took over England and only peasants spoke Saxon dialect.<br>This was from a college professor years ago. I can't site any sources.Erin Kane Spockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05376851676240606472noreply@blogger.com