I realize that the situation is really deadly serious, but That Idio[syncra]tic Capitalization! It makes me want to replace all “s”s with “f”s. (Yes, I know, Ye (or should I say þe) Olde Documents were really just using a form of “s” that looks like “f”).
#Seanna — I agree that it’s deadly serious, but at the same time it’s interesting to look at the Google Ngram for “fuck”. Virtually zero incidences between 1820 and 1980, with a large increase after 1980 (not surprising), but also a substantial decrease between 1800 and 1820, just the period in which the long s disappeared from use.
I realize that the situation is really deadly serious, but That Idio[syncra]tic Capitalization! It makes me want to replace all “s”s with “f”s. (Yes, I know, Ye (or should I say þe) Olde Documents were really just using a form of “s” that looks like “f”).
It adds Dignity to the important Words!
I’m sure that Free Speech Absolutist Elon will renounce Trump immediately
I will be accusing all, left right and cetre, of cheating unless I win, and so I swear by Mein Kampf, which for us Drumpfs is a very sacred book.
#Seanna — I agree that it’s deadly serious, but at the same time it’s interesting to look at the Google Ngram for “fuck”. Virtually zero incidences between 1820 and 1980, with a large increase after 1980 (not surprising), but also a substantial decrease between 1800 and 1820, just the period in which the long s disappeared from use.
No jump during WW2? Norman Mailer led us to believe there was quite a lot of “fuck” among the GIs.
Well, in print anyways; always loved how Richard Sharpe would always use an “efficacious word” in appropriate circumstances.