HomeDLSU Dialogue: An Interdisciplinary Journal for Cultural Studiesvol. 12 no. 2 (1977)

British Swear Words: Ancient and Modern

Mary Marshall

 

Abstract:

 

The derivations, and early usage, of many English oaths, are the common heritage of all the English-speaking nations. This article gives a brief historical survey of swearing in England, and then to round it off, some notes on the more interesting individual oaths.