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Book Reviews

Book Review: ‘Nine Nasty Words’ by John McWhorter

Nine Nasty Words

Do you remember George Carlin’s comic routine about the “Seven Words You Can Never Say on Television”? It invaded our consciousness, by way of vinyl record albums, about the same time as Richard Nixon’s reelection to the presidency. Linguist John McWhorter does, and takes us through the history of those …

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