Over at Language Log, Chris Potts has a great post entitled, ”The Connotations of the F-word.” He begins with a “connotations hypothesis,” being that ”a word’s connotations are reflected in the words that it tends to co-occur with.” Which words is the F-word most commonly associted with? Is it really all about sex?
F*ck no.
on Nov 26th, 2008 at 8:38 am
And then there is Effen Vodka. What’s that about?
on Dec 15th, 2008 at 9:32 am
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