PC vs. euphemism

Thu Apr 10 14:49:20 UTC 2008

What is it: a joke a day?

On Apr 10, 2008, at 9:56 AM, Robert Orr wrote:

> the word "rak" was not to be uttered
>> (although even then on occasion deducable).
>
> so how did peopl talk about fresh water crustaceans,  or, indeed  
> any crustaceans (rakoobraznyj)
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