Ralph Keyes: Unmentionables: From Family Jewels to Friendly Fire — What We Say Instead of What We Mean
Скачать книгу (размер 1 789 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 352) Аннотация: We say a lot about ourselves by what we don't say. Words and phrases like 'collateral damage', 'wardrobe malfunction', 'vertically challenged', and old favourites like 'unmentionables' (trousers, apparently) or 'lady of the night' — all are ways of not using particular words. UNMENTIONABLES is a rollicking exploration of the history of euphemistic usage, looking at how taboos connected to sex,…