Puritan euphemisms (UNCLASSIFIED)

Mullins, Bill AMRDEC Bill.Mullins at US.ARMY.MIL
Wed Oct 24 15:22:29 UTC 2012


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>
> What this seems to mean is that everyday conversation in the 18th C.
> must have sounded far more "modern" in certain ways [note weaseling]
> than the written record might suggest
>
> (Of course that's always the case.)
>

So, what, did Arthur Dimmesdale walk up to Hester Prynne and say, "what
up, bitch?"


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