ESSAY: Swearing as a Weapon of Cultural Defense, THE MOSCOW TIMES

From: The Moscow Times (Russia) | Date: July 19, 2000| Author: | Copyright information

Anatoly Korolyov
The Moscow Times (Russia)
07-19-2000
To swear, or not to swear? The use of foul language has always
presented a problem for writers. After all, if you write the truth, your
hero must express himself by using mat obscene language.

Judge for yourself. In the life of an average Russian, expletives are
second nature. Just listen on the streets, in the metro, among young people
and you can become sick of hearing it mat the strong words falling from
people's lips more frequently than raindrops.

Perhaps nowhere else in Europe is swearing as passionately, lovingly
pursued as in Russia. ...

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