I hadn't realised we actually had an article on it, but would have got round to it sooner or later: The f word has a fascinating history. The article still needs more work though. Thanks for bringing it to my attention. There are a number of other swear words which will probably need a similar treatment.
rgds
Steve Callaway
----- Original Message ----- From: "Tom Parmenter" tompar@world.std.com To: wikipedia-l@nupedia.com Cc: wikipedia-l@nupedia.com Sent: Monday, September 23, 2002 10:46 PM Subject: Re: [Wikipedia-l] RE: F***
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It's not every dirty word, Ed, it's one important word, so important that one of the most distinguished American lexicographers wrote a whole book about it.
It's back now, and is being edited.
Tom Parmenter Ortolan88
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