"To sport an Upper Benjamin, and to swear with a good grace, are qualifications easily attainable by their cockney imitators; but without the aid of our additional definitions, neither the cits of Fish-street, nor the boors of Brentford would be able to attain the language of whippism..."
1 posted on
02/25/2012 7:40:39 AM PST by
Renfield
To: SunkenCiv
Victorian Vulgarity ping...
2 posted on
02/25/2012 7:41:08 AM PST by
Renfield
(Turning apples into venison since 1999!)
To: Renfield
3 posted on
02/25/2012 7:41:37 AM PST by
ClearCase_guy
("And the public gets what the public wants" -- The Jam)
To: Renfield; SunkenCiv
“Learn to curse like your 3rd great-grandfather” bump.
4 posted on
02/25/2012 7:55:21 AM PST by
NonValueAdded
(Limbaugh: Tim Tebow miracle: "He had atheists praying to God that he would lose.")
To: Renfield
5 posted on
02/25/2012 8:03:01 AM PST by
Hatteras
To: Renfield
Thanks for posting. Those were fun to read.
6 posted on
02/25/2012 8:05:54 AM PST by
keats5
(Not all of us are hypnotized.)
To: Renfield
7 posted on
02/25/2012 8:17:23 AM PST by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet - Mater tua caligas gerit ;-{)
To: Renfield
6704 d/l's for book that Gutenberg published a year ago is "a hit"?
Not sure exactly how they tally (since a refresh didn't include my d/l), but still...
To: Renfield
“Twas brillig, and the slithy toves, did gyre and gimbal in the wave ...”
10 posted on
02/25/2012 9:06:53 AM PST by
Fast Moving Angel
(Newt's not a perfect candidate but Jesus isn't running this year. - shoff)
To: Renfield
“It was a runaway success when published in 1811 by soldier Francis Grose...”
Wonder if that’s where the expression “that’s gross” comes from?
11 posted on
02/25/2012 9:16:13 AM PST by
WKUHilltopper
(And yet...we continue to tolerate this crap...)
To: Renfield
Look for these words and phrases to turn up in future period pieces and fantasy stories.
12 posted on
02/25/2012 9:25:23 AM PST by
Tanniker Smith
(I didn't know she was a liberal when I married her.)
To: Renfield
Look for these words and phrases to turn up in future period pieces and fantasy stories.
13 posted on
02/25/2012 9:25:23 AM PST by
Tanniker Smith
(I didn't know she was a liberal when I married her.)
To: reed13k
15 posted on
02/25/2012 10:39:15 AM PST by
reed13k
(For evil to triumph it is only necessary for good men to do nothing.)
To: Renfield
17 posted on
02/25/2012 11:32:43 AM PST by
Liberty Valance
(Keep a simple manner for a happy life :o)
To: Renfield
Whoops! And thank you, Renfield! I feel like a jack-a-napes for missing that.
18 posted on
02/26/2012 7:08:11 PM PST by
SunkenCiv
(FReep this FReepathon!)
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