On the Edge With Andrew Gold
- Jun 28, 2021
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Ep. 59: Fk, st, c**t and the truly unspeakable

Leading linguistics professor at Columbia University John McWhorter talks about his brilliant book Nine Nasty Words, and the origin of swearing. Why are some words profane, and others not? How has it changed over time, and what will the unmentionable words of the future be?

John McWhorter Links:

Nine Nasty Words: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Nine-Nasty-Words-English-Forever/dp/0593188799
https://twitter.com/JohnHMcWhorter

Andrew Gold Links:

http://youtube.com/andrewgold1
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http://twitter.com/andrewgold_ok
http://patreon.com/andrewgold
http://andrewgoldpodcast.com

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