FW: Commendatory cursing; "we-all's"

[Jonathan Lighter]

Also the title of a World War II novel (1954) by L. H. Crockett.

  The "L.H." stands for "Lucy Herndon."  Evidently her publishers (Farrar Straus) thought a Marine Corps novel written by "Lucy Crockett" wouldn't sell.

  The author had been a Red Cross volunteer on the island of Guadalcanal.

  JL

Benjamin Zimmer <bgzimmer at BABEL.LING.UPENN.EDU> wrote:
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On 4/13/07, Mullins, Bill AMRDEC wrote:
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> See also Quentin Tarantino's upcoming WWII film, "Inglorious Bastards" (named
> after a 1970's WWII movie of the same name).
>
> Isn't there a line in the move "Patton" that goes, "Rommel, you magnificent
> bastard, I read your book!!".?
>
> Seems to be a military connection . . .

"The Magnificent Bastards" is the nickname for the 2nd Battalion of
the 4th Marine Regiment. (It was also the name of a short-lived rock
band with Scott Weiland of the Stone Temple Pilots.)


--Ben Zimmer

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