Stephen Pinker on Profanity

Submitted by mwilliams on Wed, 2008-03-12 13:37.

Why do we swear? How has swearing evolved, what is its function and how has it influenced our language? Interesting.

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I suppose we could have used the title 'not safe for anyone' many times already, but I thought it would be especially pertinent here because in this show Richard and Hans illustrate the many situations in which the C-word is perfectly appropriate.

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