Wednesday 17 June 2015

Swear Words, Etymology, and the History of English

Swear Words, Etymology, and the History of English

Have you ever noticed that many of our swear words sound very much like German ones and not at all like French ones? Given that nearly two thirds of the words in English come from Romance roots and only a quarter from Germanic roots, this seems odd.
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