Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site kitty.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!whuxlm!harpo!decvax!ucbvax!ucdavis!lll-crg!seismo!rochester!rocksanne!sunybcs!kitty!larry From: larry@kitty.UUCP (Larry Lippman) Newsgroups: net.singles,net.nlang Subject: Re: Re: versatile word (ROT 13) Message-ID: <527@kitty.UUCP> Date: Fri, 1-Nov-85 00:41:12 EST Article-I.D.: kitty.527 Posted: Fri Nov 1 00:41:12 1985 Date-Received: Wed, 30-Oct-85 04:39:01 EST References: <1170@vax1.fluke.UUCP> <567@unisoft.UUCP> <239@3comvax.UUCP> <211@pttesac.UUCP> Distribution: net Organization: Recognition Research Corp., Clarence, NY Lines: 16 Xref: watmath net.singles:9564 net.nlang:3663 > ... > As popular as this word is in English I would have thought that its > origin would long ago have been researched to death. What amazes me is how commonplace the word `fuck' has become. When I was a kid growing up during the 50's, `fuck' was absolutely the WORST profanity one could use, and was reserved for only the most serious occasions. Now it is an everyday word used in casual conversation at all social strata. === Larry Lippman @ Recognition Research Corp., Clarence, New York === === UUCP {decvax,dual,rocksanne,rocksvax,watmath}!sunybcs!kitty!larry === === VOICE 716/741-9185 {rice,shell}!baylor!/ === === FAX 716/741-9635 {AT&T 3510D} syr!buf!/ === === TELEX 69-71461 ansbak: ELGECOMCLR {via WUI} ihnp4!/ === === === === "Have you hugged your cat today?" ===