In message , Guy Alcala
writes
1. Was anyone unaware of any of these words (and related or modified forms of
them), or their meaning, prior to my writing them above?

2. Would anyone be unaware of what word I was referring to, or
fail to mentally
translate them into their actual form, if I were to replace some of the letters
with other symbols?

3. Has anyone reading this never heard these words used in conversation?

4. Has anyone here never used any of these words themselves?

"A four-letter word, a four-letter word
To ban it would be a shame
It's honest, it's earthy, it ought to be heard
That wonderful one-two-three-four letter word.

It shouldn't be said in polite company
When genteel old ladies are sipping their tea
But if those ladies' pasts were revealed - sure as hell
They've not only said it, they've done it as well!"

(arr. Billy Connolly)



--
When you have to kill a man, it costs nothing to be polite.
W S Churchill

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