LL-L "Language use" 2005.12.26 (02) [E]

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L O W L A N D S - L * 26 December 2005 * Volume 02
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From: "jpkrause" <jpkrause at sunflower.com>
Subject: Orthography, Now Swearing in LS

>From: jonny <jonny.meibohm at arcor.de>
>Subject: LL-L "Orthography" 2005.12.23 (03) [E]
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>Heather wrote:
>
>>I hate and never use the worst swear words: I find them ugly to say and
>>ugly in meaning.
>>
>...
>
>>I
>>have never felt inclined to join them.
>> But read them over and over again, and they come unbidden to mind.
>>
>>Is this unavoidable?
>
>BTW: One of the great benefits of LS is the fact, that I don't know any
>swear you could call really 'ugly'.
>Expressions being close to it meanwhile have lost their sharpness for our
>ears which are damaged by Standard German and Standard English.
>
>Greutens/Regards
>
>Johannes "Jonny" Meibohm
>
That's funny.  Where I come from, if you start swearing in LS, folks
just laugh.  But all the swear words that I know are so close to
English, that it's hardly worth the effort.  You therefore may as well
start cussing in English.
Jim Krause

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