Morning Edition story: Why Kids Curse

[Amy West]

Hear Jesse Scheidlower (and Steven Pinker) in the Morning Edition
story on Why Kids Curse:

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=89127830

I note that Pinker maintains the fellatio origin of "suck" and gives
"jerk" as another term with a similarly vulgar origin. I'm just
reporting what I heard: not saying I agree.

---Amy West

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