I'm not sure what I thought I was getting into with this book, but I found it to be rather dry and full of repetitive anecdotes. It also made a reference to evolutionary psychology at the end and made several references to Steven Pinker's work. I'll admit that the book and I didn't get off to a ve...
I've been waiting months for this to come out; I swear like a sailor and my love of etymology and words in general draw me to books like these. This one was excellent. In the introduction Byrne sets the expectations for the reader; not all the chapters are focused on swearing specifically - or ...
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