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   Martha Bridegam to ...and so when he   
   Re: Swearing is both big and clever   
   11 Jan 06 00:09:46   
   
   From: bridegam@pacbell.net   
      
   ...and so when he said that that Graham Greene's and   
   > Evelyn Waugh's books contained no material of that sort I had to correct him   
   > and of course prove that the n-word was different to the f-word in   
   > pre-cultural revolution Britain....   
      
   I read *Decline and Fall* on a plane last month. Not sure   
   any number of added or subtracted rude words would help it.   
      
      
   /M   
      
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