dirty words in dictionaries

[Fred Shapiro]

On Thu, 3 Jun 2004, Jesse Sheidlower wrote:

> Oh, I didn't say I didn't believe it. Just that I find it astonishing.

I didn't think you were disbelieving George.  But I shared your
astonishment, and thought confirmation of the citation would be of general
interest.

Fred Shapiro


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