[orionblamblam]

> Most of the barnyard, sexual, and body part swear words are the ones that come from German origin.

In Victorian times, polite people would never refer to a dress with mud on it as "dirty," but as "soiled." Dirt was derived from the Norse "drit," which meant excrement. As it became an English word, it maintained a strong negative connotation. That connotation is now largely gone, and one can say "dirt" in polite company.

The same will happen with all the expletives used today. That's just the way of things.

[Nowhere Man]

In Victorian times, polite people would never refer to a dress with mud on it as "dirty," but as "soiled." Dirt was derived from the Norse "drit," which meant excrement. As it became an English word, it maintained a strong negative connotation. That connotation is now largely gone, and one can say "dirt" in polite company.

I'm always fascinated by the language they used, I'm a big fan of the Victorian Era and there is a romantic side of me that longs to live in those days (or the old West maybe), even though they had their share of BS back then like we do now). Digressing, I like to read literature from that time and I got a big kick out of how they used the term "soiled dove" to mean a protitute. I do admit when you said that term, it does bring about negative images, but it sounds a lot better than using the word "hoe."