cuss words

[icyaurora8]

did you know that phrases like 'bloody,' 'the devil,' and 'blast it' .... and other phrases of such in Great Britain... were the equivelant of 'fuck,' 'damn,' or 'shit,' up until the times of the 20th century.

i can't remember exactly when in the 1900's that they became less offensible.... but most people use them all the time.

at least people don't get so upset if you use them now... such as 'bloody.' it's a rather common thing.... more of a descriptive word rather than a cuss word. or to show strong feeling.

i'm taking a brit lit class... we were reading Robert Shaw, and we had this huge discussion about it. for a woman to say something like 'bloody' or 'the devil' was EXTREMELY offesive... not even 'gutter-women' should use the language.

so yes... that was my interesting fact of the day.

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darco/harry

[(Anonymous)]

i started to read your story about draco and harry and i loved it, but i when i was going to finish it, it was gone. will it some back or... i hope so:D you wrighting is just amazing i tell you...
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Re: darco/harry

[icyaurora8.livejournal.com]

the site is currently being transfered, because we were using another girls site, who is now going to be using it for work related things. i should hopefully be at the new site by the end of the month, but no guarantees.

until then, it can be found here on my lj (you'll have to do a bit of searching through the journal, but it is also in my memories)

it's also at fanfiction.net under http://www.fanfiction.net/icyaurora8

thanks much for the compliments:-) it really made me smile!!!!