fossilesque to LinguisticsEnglish · 1 month agoThe 1600s Were a Watershed for Swear Words | History Todaywww.historytoday.comexternal-linkmessage-square1fedilinkarrow-up131arrow-down10
arrow-up131arrow-down1external-linkThe 1600s Were a Watershed for Swear Words | History Todaywww.historytoday.comfossilesque to LinguisticsEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square1fedilink
minus-squareCoelacanth@feddit.nulinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 month 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.