# Swearing

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- Authors: [Geoffrey Hughes](https://www.bookquiver.com/geoffrey-hughes)
- Language: en_GB
- Published: 1998-03-26

## Description

Tracing the history of swearing from ancient Anglo-Saxon traditions and those of the Middle Ages, through Shakespeare, the Enlightenment and the Victorians, to the Lady Chatterley trial and various current trends, Geoffrey Hughes explores a fascinating, little discussed yet irrespressible part of our linguistic heritage. This second edition contains a Postscript updating various contemporary developments, such as the growth of Political Correctness.

## Editions

### Swearing

- Publisher: Penguin
- ISBN: 978-01-4026-707-5
- Pages: 304
- Published: 1998-03-26
- Language: en_GB

### Swearing

- Publisher: Penguin
- Medium: ebook
- ISBN: 978-01-4195-432-5
- Published: 1998-03-26
- Language: en_GB