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Letter: What the *$%£!?

Published 23 January 2008

From John Amy

Laura Spinney, in discussing swear words, seems to have overlooked the c-word entirely (22/29 December 2007, p 51). I was under the impression that this was the biggest taboo.

We went into detail about “fuck” and “shit” because they are the most commonly used swearwords. But, er, the c-word clearly is interesting if only because it seems in some areas to be so shocking that even we censor its use.

Bromley, Kent, UK

Issue no. 2640 published 26 January 2008

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