http://www.metafilter.com/tags/badwords Posts tagged with 'badwords' at MetaFilter. Sun, 06 Apr 2003 15:56:51 -0800 Sun, 06 Apr 2003 15:56:51 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/24929/How%2Dto%2Ddo%2Dthings%2Dwith%2Dfourletter%2Dwords <a href="http://www.gusworld.com.au/nrc/thesis/intro.htm">How to do things with four-letter words.</a> Why do we swear? Or, more importantly, why are swear words "bad" and other words are fine? Angus Kidman's thesus on the semantics of swearing in Australia - and most other English speaking places as well - tries to shed some light. Possibly NSFW. tag:metafilter.com,2003:site.24929 Sun, 06 Apr 2003 15:56:51 -0800 badwords cursing fourletterwords profanity swearing thesis Fat Elvis