BULLOCKS - euph/typo/LA pron.?

neil neil at TYPOG.CO.UK
Tue May 3 11:36:44 UTC 2005


>From the Acknowledgments of 'The Best Awful':

'For Tracey and Johnny -- thank you both so ['so' itals] -- bullocks -- much
for your continued -- tits tits tits -- support. Without the two of you --
cockring -- these lingering coughs would be more difficult to -- wanker --
bear.'

--Carrie Fisher, 'The Best Awful', 2004 (Pocket Books, London, 2005, XIV)

It would seem that euphemism is unlikely, given the context and use of
swearwords throughout the novel.

As for a typo, the only one I found was when reindeers Donner and Blitzen
were referred to as Donder and Blitzen.

So is it LA pronunciation?

--Neil Crawford



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