jesse and ihe

[Joel S. Berson]

Well said, Jesse.

To one question, Jesse replied in part:
"I think it's unlikely that fuck will lose all of its power at any
point in the foreseeable future. After all, even relatively mild
expressions ("darn!" or "bastard," say) still maintain a certain
amount of colloquial force."

One segment of ABC's Nightline last night was about whether OMG
(whether shortened or lengthened, written or spoken) was blasphemy,
or had lost all its power.

Joel

At 10/7/2009 09:50 AM, Dennis Baron wrote:
>Interview with Jesse Sheidlower in today's IHE:
>
>http://www.insidehighered.com/views/mclemee/mclemee261

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