I was trying to think of this back when Steve posted originally. Ran into it tonight looking up something else...
>From the Wikis: “The issue of the authenticity of Deadwood's dialogue has even been alluded to in the show itself. Early in the second season, E.B. Farnum has fleeced Francis Wolcott of $9,900, and Farnum tries to console the geologist: EB: Some ancient Italian maxim fits our situation, whose particulars escape me. Wolcott: Is the gist that I'm shit outta luck? EB: Did they speak that way then? On Sat, 9 Jan 2021 at 12:19 PM Steve Timko <steveti...@gmail.com> wrote: > Nicholas Cage hosts a look at the history of swear words. I've seen the > first episode, the F bomb. I thought Cage was hilarious. The discussion is > a bit uneven but overall it was fun and enlightening. I recommend it. > The linguist on "Fresh Air" discussed the use of obscenity and profanity > on "Deadwood" and said the use of the F bomb on the show was out of place. > It was not acceptable language, but it wasn't the worst. Cursing God was > the worst. A really foul-mouthed person would sound like Yosemite Sam. But > the experts they had on the show said it's been one of the worst things to > say for hundreds of years. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAH5J8yzy8wKp8AGeG%2B0%2BtvvRwJk1NeU%2BdzfsBtM-uD%2B3N7Ynxw%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAH5J8yzy8wKp8AGeG%2B0%2BtvvRwJk1NeU%2BdzfsBtM-uD%2B3N7Ynxw%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- Sent from Gmail Mobile -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKGtkY%2Beu6JXvA7oGOBz%3DF%3DQNvrD2Wb-Kse8ZnjLgMH%3D5Ma0pQ%40mail.gmail.com.
