don rumfeld's colloquial language

[Alice Faber]

On Wed, 8 May 2002, Duane Campbell wrote:

> On Wed, 8 May 2002 14:38:07 -0400 Grant Barrett
>
> > That's why it's interesting. My impression is that his "oh my
> > goodness"
> > public persona is a polite cover for scorching hot cursing in
> > private.
>
> Now THAT's interesting. If you have never heard someone curse, that is an
> indication that they are heavy users of profanity? I'm gonna have to
> think about that.

Well, there's not cursing and there's not cursing. Someone who habitually
uses replacement cursing ("he's a flipping idiot", for instance) may well
be utilizing simple substitution algorithms, whereas someone else may be
avoiding the sentiment and not just the lexemes.

Alice