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It’s just words!

I've gotten into trouble with spicy language.

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Masterpiece

Words cause trouble. Actually, its how we use them. I say "Hey, babe!" in a normal conversational manner to a friend, and it's a casual but enthusiastic greeting. Kind of like: I haven't seen you for a while, and I'm really happy to see you. Now I cast my voice low, draw out the sylables …

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Sociolinguistics

It must be those courses in sociolinguistics influencing me. But I don't think any words need exclusion from our language. Take naughty words, for instance. There is a history of "bad words" in English deriving from non-obscene words standing in for words considered dirty. A friend of mine at UPS decided that the word frick …

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